id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
8913,boost/asio/detail/posix_static_mutex.hpp: Ignores all failures from pthread_* functions,Jeffrey Walton <noloader@…>,chris_kohlhoff,"boost/asio/detail/posix_static_mutex.hpp ignores nearly all failures from pthread_* functions. Functions include pthread_mutex_lock and pthread_mutex_unlock.

A lock failure is usually a bad thing, and I can't come up with scenarios where a silent failure is desired. It will make a bad problem worse by corrupting data or terminating the program.

At minimum (as a user), I would expect for Boost to use BOOST_ASSERT in debugging and diagnostic builds; and BOOST_VERIFY with an appropriate exception for release or production builds.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to use boost/thread/pthread/mutex.hpp. It appears to be more mature and have a bit more stability. In addition, it throws lock exceptions where appropriate.",Bugs,new,To Be Determined,asio,Boost 1.54.0,Problem,,asio mutex pthread API failure,