According to a clarification at http://austingroupbugs.net/view.php?id=503

ptsname may set errno, so avoid saving and restoring errno across the
function.

PR:		standards/171572

2 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/ptsname.3 b/lib/libc/stdlib/ptsname.3
index 48da3bd..8e8ec07 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/ptsname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/ptsname.3
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ of the slave device on success; otherwise a
 pointer is returned.
 .Sh ERRORS
 The
-.Fn grantpt
+.Fn grantpt ,
+.Fn ptsname
 and
 .Fn unlockpt
 functions may fail and set
diff --git a/lib/libc/stdlib/ptsname.c b/lib/libc/stdlib/ptsname.c
index 40b140d..3e4d4c0 100644
--- a/lib/libc/stdlib/ptsname.c
+++ b/lib/libc/stdlib/ptsname.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ ptsname(int fildes)
 {
 	static char pt_slave[sizeof _PATH_DEV + SPECNAMELEN] = _PATH_DEV;
 	char *ret = NULL;
-	int sverrno = errno;
 
 	/* Make sure fildes points to a master device. */
 	if (__isptmaster(fildes) != 0)
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ ptsname(int fildes)
 	    sizeof pt_slave - (sizeof _PATH_DEV - 1)) != NULL)
 		ret = pt_slave;
 
-done:	/* Make sure ptsname() does not overwrite errno. */
-	errno = sverrno;
+done:
 	return (ret);
 }