kernel error in system call accept() under kernel 2.6.8

[Peter Duellings <Peter.Duellings@wincor-nixdorf.com>]

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One line summary of the problem:
linux accept() system call does not set always errno if the
returnvalue is negative.

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Full description of the problem/report:
Obviously there are some cases where the accept() system call does
not set the errno variable if the accept() system call returns
with a value less than zero:

Distribution : Linux Fedora Core 2 - but with kernel 2.6.8
Sample code:
--snip----------
....
//accept may return with a protocol error, simply try again
while( (n = accept(m_ListenFd, (struct sockaddr *) cliaddr, &len)) < 0)
{
  Log.Log("Error accept, fd=%d, addrlen=%d, len=%d, errno=%d, %s",
m_ListenFd,
m_AddrLen, len, errno, strerror_r(errno, l_strebuf, sizeof(l_strebuf)));
  if (errno == EPROTO || errno == ECONNABORTED)   //connection already
aborted
  {
    Log.Log("connection aborted, wait for next");
    continue;   //next try
  } else if (errno == EINTR) {    //signal
    if (CnThread::TestCancel(m_Log)) {
      Log.Log("thread is cancelled");
      delete[] cliaddr;
      return -1;
    } else {
      Log.Log("EINTR, try again");
      continue;   //next try
    }
  }
  else
  {
    throw CnException(__FILE__, __LINE__, "accept error errno=%d, %s",
errno,
strerror_r(errno, l_strebuf, sizeof(l_strebuf)));
  }
}
...
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output:
CnTcpServer::WaitClient   Error accept, fd=19, addrlen=16, len=16,
errno=0, Success


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Keywords (i.e., modules, networking, kernel):
network accept errno error return value
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Kernel version (from /proc/version):
cat /proc/version
Linux version 2.6.8-1.521 (root@wsa92_D2_FEDTest) (gcc version 3.3.3
20040412 (Red Hat Linux 3.3.3-7)) #3 Fri Jul 8 11:08:56 CEST
2005
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Question:
Is there any update/information/explanation about this behaviour available??


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