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