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1 files changed, 26 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
index 660cdec..488f7d6 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/fe-misc.c
@@ -1225,13 +1225,14 @@ static void
libpq_binddomain(void)
{
/*
- * If multiple threads come through here at about the same time, it's okay
- * for more than one of them to call bindtextdomain(). But it's not okay
- * for any of them to return to caller before bindtextdomain() is
- * complete, so don't set the flag till that's done. Use "volatile" just
- * to be sure the compiler doesn't try to get cute.
+ * At least on Windows, there are gettext implementations that fail if
+ * multiple threads call bindtextdomain() concurrently. Use a mutex and
+ * flag variable to ensure that we call it just once per process. It is
+ * not known that similar bugs exist on non-Windows platforms, but we
+ * might as well do it the same way everywhere.
*/
static volatile bool already_bound = false;
+ static pthread_mutex_t binddomain_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
if (!already_bound)
{
@@ -1241,14 +1242,26 @@ libpq_binddomain(void)
#else
int save_errno = errno;
#endif
- const char *ldir;
-
- /* No relocatable lookup here because the binary could be anywhere */
- ldir = getenv("PGLOCALEDIR");
- if (!ldir)
- ldir = LOCALEDIR;
- bindtextdomain(PG_TEXTDOMAIN("libpq"), ldir);
- already_bound = true;
+
+ (void) pthread_mutex_lock(&binddomain_mutex);
+
+ if (!already_bound)
+ {
+ const char *ldir;
+
+ /*
+ * No relocatable lookup here because the calling executable could
+ * be anywhere
+ */
+ ldir = getenv("PGLOCALEDIR");
+ if (!ldir)
+ ldir = LOCALEDIR;
+ bindtextdomain(PG_TEXTDOMAIN("libpq"), ldir);
+ already_bound = true;
+ }
+
+ (void) pthread_mutex_unlock(&binddomain_mutex);
+
#ifdef WIN32
SetLastError(save_errno);
#else