id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
8915,boost/log/detail/spin_mutex.hpp: Ignores all failures from pthread_* functions,Jeffrey Walton <noloader@…>,Andrey Semashev,"boost/log/detail/spin_mutex.hpp ignores all failures from pthread_* functions. Functions include pthread_spin_init, pthread_spin_lock and pthread_spin_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 with an appropriate exception in debugging and diagnostic builds; and BOOST_VERIFY with an appropriate exception for release or production builds.

boost/thread/pthread/mutex.hpp and boost/interprocess/sync/posix/mutex.hpp are good examples of a mature implementation. They check for failures and throw exceptions where appropriate.",Bugs,closed,To Be Determined,log,Boost 1.54.0,Problem,fixed,log spinlock pthread API failure,