diff --git a/gdb/common/filestuff.h b/gdb/common/filestuff.h
index ecfc18d600..cc5852feec 100644
--- a/gdb/common/filestuff.h
+++ b/gdb/common/filestuff.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define FILESTUFF_H
 
 #include <dirent.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 /* Note all the file descriptors which are open when this is called.
    These file descriptors will not be closed by close_most_fds.  */
@@ -48,6 +49,16 @@ extern void close_most_fds (void);
 extern int gdb_open_cloexec (const char *filename, int flags,
 			     /* mode_t */ unsigned long mode);
 
+/* Like mkstemp, but ensures that the file descriptor is
+   close-on-exec.  */
+
+static inline int
+gdb_mkstemp_cloexec (char *name_template)
+{
+  /* gnulib provides a mkostemp replacement if needed.  */
+  return mkostemp (name_template, O_CLOEXEC);
+}
+
 /* Convenience wrapper for the above, which takes the filename as an
    std::string.  */
 
diff --git a/gdb/dwarf-index-write.c b/gdb/dwarf-index-write.c
index dc8660e734..7049e8968a 100644
--- a/gdb/dwarf-index-write.c
+++ b/gdb/dwarf-index-write.c
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ write_psymtabs_to_index (struct dwarf2_per_objfile *dwarf2_per_objfile,
   gdb::char_vector filename_temp = make_temp_filename (filename);
 
   gdb::optional<scoped_fd> out_file_fd
-    (gdb::in_place, mkstemp (filename_temp.data ()));
+    (gdb::in_place, gdb_mkstemp_cloexec (filename_temp.data ()));
   if (out_file_fd->get () == -1)
     perror_with_name (("mkstemp"));
 
@@ -1590,7 +1590,7 @@ write_psymtabs_to_index (struct dwarf2_per_objfile *dwarf2_per_objfile,
       gdb::char_vector filename_str_temp = make_temp_filename (filename_str);
 
       gdb::optional<scoped_fd> out_file_str_fd
-	(gdb::in_place, mkstemp (filename_str_temp.data ()));
+	(gdb::in_place, gdb_mkstemp_cloexec (filename_str_temp.data ()));
       if (out_file_str_fd->get () == -1)
         perror_with_name (("mkstemp"));
 
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/aclocal-m4-deps.mk b/gdb/gnulib/aclocal-m4-deps.mk
index d866b6de89..5b2c6cc5ea 100644
--- a/gdb/gnulib/aclocal-m4-deps.mk
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/aclocal-m4-deps.mk
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ aclocal_m4_deps = \
 	import/m4/mempcpy.m4 \
 	import/m4/memrchr.m4 \
 	import/m4/mkdir.m4 \
-	import/m4/mkstemp.m4 \
+	import/m4/mkostemp.m4 \
 	import/m4/mmap-anon.m4 \
 	import/m4/mode_t.m4 \
 	import/m4/msvc-inval.m4 \
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/aclocal.m4 b/gdb/gnulib/aclocal.m4
index 740387ac34..861caf6692 100644
--- a/gdb/gnulib/aclocal.m4
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/aclocal.m4
@@ -1353,7 +1353,7 @@ m4_include([import/m4/memmem.m4])
 m4_include([import/m4/mempcpy.m4])
 m4_include([import/m4/memrchr.m4])
 m4_include([import/m4/mkdir.m4])
-m4_include([import/m4/mkstemp.m4])
+m4_include([import/m4/mkostemp.m4])
 m4_include([import/m4/mmap-anon.m4])
 m4_include([import/m4/mode_t.m4])
 m4_include([import/m4/msvc-inval.m4])
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/config.in b/gdb/gnulib/config.in
index d32b192e0b..d23d208cb2 100644
--- a/gdb/gnulib/config.in
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/config.in
@@ -95,6 +95,10 @@
    whether the gnulib module getcwd shall be considered present. */
 #undef GNULIB_GETCWD
 
+/* Define to a C preprocessor expression that evaluates to 1 or 0, depending
+   whether the gnulib module mkostemp shall be considered present. */
+#undef GNULIB_MKOSTEMP
+
 /* Define to a C preprocessor expression that evaluates to 1 or 0, depending
    whether the gnulib module openat shall be considered present. */
 #undef GNULIB_OPENAT
@@ -199,8 +203,8 @@
 /* Define to 1 when the gnulib module memrchr should be tested. */
 #undef GNULIB_TEST_MEMRCHR
 
-/* Define to 1 when the gnulib module mkstemp should be tested. */
-#undef GNULIB_TEST_MKSTEMP
+/* Define to 1 when the gnulib module mkostemp should be tested. */
+#undef GNULIB_TEST_MKOSTEMP
 
 /* Define to 1 when the gnulib module open should be tested. */
 #undef GNULIB_TEST_OPEN
@@ -544,8 +548,8 @@
    when it succeeds. */
 #undef HAVE_MINIMALLY_WORKING_GETCWD
 
-/* Define to 1 if you have the 'mkstemp' function. */
-#undef HAVE_MKSTEMP
+/* Define to 1 if you have the 'mkostemp' function. */
+#undef HAVE_MKOSTEMP
 
 /* Define to 1 if you have the 'mprotect' function. */
 #undef HAVE_MPROTECT
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/configure b/gdb/gnulib/configure
index dc6c5b6657..5d7f8aa004 100644
--- a/gdb/gnulib/configure
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/configure
@@ -3525,7 +3525,7 @@ gl_func_list="$gl_func_list mbsinit"
 gl_func_list="$gl_func_list mbrtowc"
 gl_header_list="$gl_header_list sys/mman.h"
 gl_func_list="$gl_func_list mprotect"
-gl_func_list="$gl_func_list mkstemp"
+gl_func_list="$gl_func_list mkostemp"
 gl_func_list="$gl_func_list openat"
 gl_func_list="$gl_func_list link"
 gl_func_list="$gl_func_list secure_getenv"
@@ -5841,7 +5841,7 @@ fi
   # Code from module mempcpy:
   # Code from module memrchr:
   # Code from module mkdir:
-  # Code from module mkstemp:
+  # Code from module mkostemp:
   # Code from module msvc-inval:
   # Code from module msvc-nothrow:
   # Code from module multiarch:
@@ -21893,116 +21893,51 @@ $as_echo "#define FUNC_MKDIR_DOT_BUG 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 
 
+
+
   :
 
 
 
 
 
-  if test $ac_cv_func_mkstemp = yes; then
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for working mkstemp" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for working mkstemp... " >&6; }
-if ${gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
+  if test $ac_cv_func_mkostemp != yes; then
+    HAVE_MKOSTEMP=0
+  fi
 
-        mkdir conftest.mkstemp
-        if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
-  case "$host_os" in
-                     # Guess yes on glibc systems.
-             *-gnu*) gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp="guessing yes" ;;
-                     # If we don't know, assume the worst.
-             *)      gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp="guessing no" ;;
-           esac
+  if test $HAVE_MKOSTEMP = 0; then
 
-else
-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-$ac_includes_default
-int
-main ()
-{
-int result = 0;
-              int i;
-              off_t large = (off_t) 4294967295u;
-              if (large < 0)
-                large = 2147483647;
-              umask (0);
-              for (i = 0; i < 70; i++)
-                {
-                  char templ[] = "conftest.mkstemp/coXXXXXX";
-                  int (*mkstemp_function) (char *) = mkstemp;
-                  int fd = mkstemp_function (templ);
-                  if (fd < 0)
-                    result |= 1;
-                  else
-                    {
-                      struct stat st;
-                      if (lseek (fd, large, SEEK_SET) != large)
-                        result |= 2;
-                      if (fstat (fd, &st) < 0)
-                        result |= 4;
-                      else if (st.st_mode & 0077)
-                        result |= 8;
-                      if (close (fd))
-                        result |= 16;
-                    }
-                }
-              return result;
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
-  gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp=yes
-else
-  gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp=no
-fi
-rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
-  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
-fi
 
-        rm -rf conftest.mkstemp
 
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp" >&5
-$as_echo "$gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp" >&6; }
-    case "$gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp" in
-      *yes) ;;
-      *)
-        REPLACE_MKSTEMP=1
-        ;;
-    esac
-  else
-    HAVE_MKSTEMP=0
-  fi
 
-  if test $HAVE_MKSTEMP = 0 || test $REPLACE_MKSTEMP = 1; then
 
 
 
 
+  gl_LIBOBJS="$gl_LIBOBJS mkostemp.$ac_objext"
 
 
 
+  fi
 
-  gl_LIBOBJS="$gl_LIBOBJS mkstemp.$ac_objext"
 
+cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
+#define GNULIB_MKOSTEMP 1
+_ACEOF
 
 
-  fi
 
 
 
 
 
-          GNULIB_MKSTEMP=1
+          GNULIB_MKOSTEMP=1
 
 
 
 
 
-$as_echo "#define GNULIB_TEST_MKSTEMP 1" >>confdefs.h
+$as_echo "#define GNULIB_TEST_MKOSTEMP 1" >>confdefs.h
 
 
 
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/import/Makefile.am b/gdb/gnulib/import/Makefile.am
index d1bee0bc02..608c2c725c 100644
--- a/gdb/gnulib/import/Makefile.am
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/import/Makefile.am
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 # the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
 #
 # Generated by gnulib-tool.
-# Reproduce by: gnulib-tool --import --lib=libgnu --source-base=import --m4-base=import/m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=import/extra --no-conditional-dependencies --no-libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files alloca canonicalize-lgpl dirent dirfd errno fnmatch-gnu frexpl getcwd glob inet_ntop inttypes limits-h lstat memchr memmem mkdir mkstemp pathmax rawmemchr readlink rename setenv signal-h strchrnul strstr strtok_r sys_stat unistd unsetenv update-copyright wchar wctype-h
+# Reproduce by: gnulib-tool --import --lib=libgnu --source-base=import --m4-base=import/m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=import/extra --no-conditional-dependencies --no-libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files alloca canonicalize-lgpl dirent dirfd errno fnmatch-gnu frexpl getcwd glob inet_ntop inttypes limits-h lstat memchr memmem mkdir mkostemp pathmax rawmemchr readlink rename setenv signal-h strchrnul strstr strtok_r sys_stat unistd unsetenv update-copyright wchar wctype-h
 
 AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.9.6 gnits
 
@@ -1223,14 +1223,14 @@ EXTRA_libgnu_a_SOURCES += mkdir.c
 
 ## end   gnulib module mkdir
 
-## begin gnulib module mkstemp
+## begin gnulib module mkostemp
 
 
-EXTRA_DIST += mkstemp.c
+EXTRA_DIST += mkostemp.c
 
-EXTRA_libgnu_a_SOURCES += mkstemp.c
+EXTRA_libgnu_a_SOURCES += mkostemp.c
 
-## end   gnulib module mkstemp
+## end   gnulib module mkostemp
 
 ## begin gnulib module msvc-inval
 
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/import/Makefile.in b/gdb/gnulib/import/Makefile.in
index 7e4d278d91..8b0487ccc7 100644
--- a/gdb/gnulib/import/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/import/Makefile.in
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 # the same distribution terms as the rest of that program.
 #
 # Generated by gnulib-tool.
-# Reproduce by: gnulib-tool --import --lib=libgnu --source-base=import --m4-base=import/m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=import/extra --no-conditional-dependencies --no-libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files alloca canonicalize-lgpl dirent dirfd errno fnmatch-gnu frexpl getcwd glob inet_ntop inttypes limits-h lstat memchr memmem mkdir mkstemp pathmax rawmemchr readlink rename setenv signal-h strchrnul strstr strtok_r sys_stat unistd unsetenv update-copyright wchar wctype-h
+# Reproduce by: gnulib-tool --import --lib=libgnu --source-base=import --m4-base=import/m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=import/extra --no-conditional-dependencies --no-libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files alloca canonicalize-lgpl dirent dirfd errno fnmatch-gnu frexpl getcwd glob inet_ntop inttypes limits-h lstat memchr memmem mkdir mkostemp pathmax rawmemchr readlink rename setenv signal-h strchrnul strstr strtok_r sys_stat unistd unsetenv update-copyright wchar wctype-h
 
 
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ am__aclocal_m4_deps = $(top_srcdir)/import/m4/00gnulib.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/import/m4/mempcpy.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/import/m4/memrchr.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/import/m4/mkdir.m4 \
-	$(top_srcdir)/import/m4/mkstemp.m4 \
+	$(top_srcdir)/import/m4/mkostemp.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/import/m4/mmap-anon.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/import/m4/mode_t.m4 \
 	$(top_srcdir)/import/m4/msvc-inval.m4 \
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = m4/gnulib-cache.m4 alloca.c alloca.in.h arpa_inet.in.h \
 	malloca.valgrind math.in.h mbrtowc.c mbsinit.c \
 	mbsrtowcs-impl.h mbsrtowcs-state.c mbsrtowcs.c memchr.c \
 	memchr.valgrind memmem.c str-two-way.h mempcpy.c memrchr.c \
-	mkdir.c mkstemp.c msvc-inval.c msvc-inval.h msvc-nothrow.c \
+	mkdir.c mkostemp.c msvc-inval.c msvc-inval.h msvc-nothrow.c \
 	msvc-nothrow.h netinet_in.in.h open.c openat.c openat.h \
 	dirent-private.h opendir.c pathmax.h rawmemchr.c \
 	rawmemchr.valgrind dirent-private.h readdir.c readlink.c \
@@ -1587,11 +1587,11 @@ EXTRA_libgnu_a_SOURCES = alloca.c openat-proc.c canonicalize-lgpl.c \
 	gettimeofday.c glob.c inet_ntop.c isnan.c isnand.c isnan.c \
 	isnanl.c lstat.c malloc.c mbrtowc.c mbsinit.c \
 	mbsrtowcs-state.c mbsrtowcs.c memchr.c memmem.c mempcpy.c \
-	memrchr.c mkdir.c mkstemp.c msvc-inval.c msvc-nothrow.c open.c \
-	openat.c opendir.c rawmemchr.c readdir.c readlink.c realloc.c \
-	rename.c rewinddir.c rmdir.c secure_getenv.c setenv.c stat.c \
-	strchrnul.c strdup.c strerror.c strerror-override.c strstr.c \
-	strtok_r.c unsetenv.c
+	memrchr.c mkdir.c mkostemp.c msvc-inval.c msvc-nothrow.c \
+	open.c openat.c opendir.c rawmemchr.c readdir.c readlink.c \
+	realloc.c rename.c rewinddir.c rmdir.c secure_getenv.c \
+	setenv.c stat.c strchrnul.c strdup.c strerror.c \
+	strerror-override.c strstr.c strtok_r.c unsetenv.c
 
 # Use this preprocessor expression to decide whether #include_next works.
 # Do not rely on a 'configure'-time test for this, since the expression
@@ -1722,7 +1722,7 @@ distclean-compile:
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mempcpy.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/memrchr.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mkdir.Po@am__quote@
-@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mkstemp.Po@am__quote@
+@AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/mkostemp.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/msvc-inval.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/msvc-nothrow.Po@am__quote@
 @AMDEP_TRUE@@am__include@ @am__quote@./$(DEPDIR)/open.Po@am__quote@
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/gnulib-cache.m4 b/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/gnulib-cache.m4
index 442aad5563..8cefb67be7 100644
--- a/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/gnulib-cache.m4
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/gnulib-cache.m4
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 
 # Specification in the form of a command-line invocation:
-#   gnulib-tool --import --lib=libgnu --source-base=import --m4-base=import/m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=import/extra --no-conditional-dependencies --no-libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files alloca canonicalize-lgpl dirent dirfd errno fnmatch-gnu frexpl getcwd glob inet_ntop inttypes limits-h lstat memchr memmem mkdir mkstemp pathmax rawmemchr readlink rename setenv signal-h strchrnul strstr strtok_r sys_stat unistd unsetenv update-copyright wchar wctype-h
+#   gnulib-tool --import --lib=libgnu --source-base=import --m4-base=import/m4 --doc-base=doc --tests-base=tests --aux-dir=import/extra --no-conditional-dependencies --no-libtool --macro-prefix=gl --no-vc-files alloca canonicalize-lgpl dirent dirfd errno fnmatch-gnu frexpl getcwd glob inet_ntop inttypes limits-h lstat memchr memmem mkdir mkostemp pathmax rawmemchr readlink rename setenv signal-h strchrnul strstr strtok_r sys_stat unistd unsetenv update-copyright wchar wctype-h
 
 # Specification in the form of a few gnulib-tool.m4 macro invocations:
 gl_LOCAL_DIR([])
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ gl_MODULES([
   memchr
   memmem
   mkdir
-  mkstemp
+  mkostemp
   pathmax
   rawmemchr
   readlink
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/gnulib-comp.m4 b/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/gnulib-comp.m4
index 21e4383c34..2c55958eb7 100644
--- a/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/gnulib-comp.m4
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/gnulib-comp.m4
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_EARLY],
   # Code from module mempcpy:
   # Code from module memrchr:
   # Code from module mkdir:
-  # Code from module mkstemp:
+  # Code from module mkostemp:
   # Code from module msvc-inval:
   # Code from module msvc-nothrow:
   # Code from module multiarch:
@@ -444,12 +444,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_INIT],
   if test $REPLACE_MKDIR = 1; then
     AC_LIBOBJ([mkdir])
   fi
-  gl_FUNC_MKSTEMP
-  if test $HAVE_MKSTEMP = 0 || test $REPLACE_MKSTEMP = 1; then
-    AC_LIBOBJ([mkstemp])
-    gl_PREREQ_MKSTEMP
+  gl_FUNC_MKOSTEMP
+  if test $HAVE_MKOSTEMP = 0; then
+    AC_LIBOBJ([mkostemp])
+    gl_PREREQ_MKOSTEMP
   fi
-  gl_STDLIB_MODULE_INDICATOR([mkstemp])
+  gl_MODULE_INDICATOR([mkostemp])
+  gl_STDLIB_MODULE_INDICATOR([mkostemp])
   AC_REQUIRE([gl_MSVC_INVAL])
   if test $HAVE_MSVC_INVALID_PARAMETER_HANDLER = 1; then
     AC_LIBOBJ([msvc-inval])
@@ -844,7 +845,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [
   lib/mempcpy.c
   lib/memrchr.c
   lib/mkdir.c
-  lib/mkstemp.c
+  lib/mkostemp.c
   lib/msvc-inval.c
   lib/msvc-inval.h
   lib/msvc-nothrow.c
@@ -991,7 +992,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([gl_FILE_LIST], [
   m4/mempcpy.m4
   m4/memrchr.m4
   m4/mkdir.m4
-  m4/mkstemp.m4
+  m4/mkostemp.m4
   m4/mmap-anon.m4
   m4/mode_t.m4
   m4/msvc-inval.m4
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/mkostemp.m4 b/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/mkostemp.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f44a0390a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/mkostemp.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# mkostemp.m4 serial 2
+dnl Copyright (C) 2009-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MKOSTEMP],
+[
+  AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS])
+
+  dnl Persuade glibc <stdlib.h> to declare mkostemp().
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_USE_SYSTEM_EXTENSIONS])
+
+  AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([mkostemp])
+  if test $ac_cv_func_mkostemp != yes; then
+    HAVE_MKOSTEMP=0
+  fi
+])
+
+# Prerequisites of lib/mkostemp.c.
+AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_MKOSTEMP],
+[
+])
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/mkstemp.m4 b/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/mkstemp.m4
deleted file mode 100644
index 131e4a7b26..0000000000
--- a/gdb/gnulib/import/m4/mkstemp.m4
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-#serial 23
-
-# Copyright (C) 2001, 2003-2007, 2009-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
-# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
-# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
-
-# On some hosts (e.g., HP-UX 10.20, SunOS 4.1.4, Solaris 2.5.1), mkstemp has a
-# silly limit that it can create no more than 26 files from a given template.
-# Other systems lack mkstemp altogether.
-# On OSF1/Tru64 V4.0F, the system-provided mkstemp function can create
-# only 32 files per process.
-# On some hosts, mkstemp creates files with mode 0666, which is a security
-# problem and a violation of POSIX 2008.
-# On systems like the above, arrange to use the replacement function.
-AC_DEFUN([gl_FUNC_MKSTEMP],
-[
-  AC_REQUIRE([gl_STDLIB_H_DEFAULTS])
-  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_HOST]) dnl for cross-compiles
-
-  AC_CHECK_FUNCS_ONCE([mkstemp])
-  if test $ac_cv_func_mkstemp = yes; then
-    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for working mkstemp],
-      [gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp],
-      [
-        mkdir conftest.mkstemp
-        AC_RUN_IFELSE(
-          [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
-            [AC_INCLUDES_DEFAULT],
-            [[int result = 0;
-              int i;
-              off_t large = (off_t) 4294967295u;
-              if (large < 0)
-                large = 2147483647;
-              umask (0);
-              for (i = 0; i < 70; i++)
-                {
-                  char templ[] = "conftest.mkstemp/coXXXXXX";
-                  int (*mkstemp_function) (char *) = mkstemp;
-                  int fd = mkstemp_function (templ);
-                  if (fd < 0)
-                    result |= 1;
-                  else
-                    {
-                      struct stat st;
-                      if (lseek (fd, large, SEEK_SET) != large)
-                        result |= 2;
-                      if (fstat (fd, &st) < 0)
-                        result |= 4;
-                      else if (st.st_mode & 0077)
-                        result |= 8;
-                      if (close (fd))
-                        result |= 16;
-                    }
-                }
-              return result;]])],
-          [gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp=yes],
-          [gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp=no],
-          [case "$host_os" in
-                     # Guess yes on glibc systems.
-             *-gnu*) gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp="guessing yes" ;;
-                     # If we don't know, assume the worst.
-             *)      gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp="guessing no" ;;
-           esac
-          ])
-        rm -rf conftest.mkstemp
-      ])
-    case "$gl_cv_func_working_mkstemp" in
-      *yes) ;;
-      *)
-        REPLACE_MKSTEMP=1
-        ;;
-    esac
-  else
-    HAVE_MKSTEMP=0
-  fi
-])
-
-# Prerequisites of lib/mkstemp.c.
-AC_DEFUN([gl_PREREQ_MKSTEMP],
-[
-])
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/import/mkstemp.c b/gdb/gnulib/import/mkostemp.c
similarity index 79%
rename from gdb/gnulib/import/mkstemp.c
rename to gdb/gnulib/import/mkostemp.c
index 90ed78e49e..31c3e4837f 100644
--- a/gdb/gnulib/import/mkstemp.c
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/import/mkostemp.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 #if !_LIBC
 # include "tempname.h"
 # define __gen_tempname gen_tempname
-# ifndef __GT_FILE
+# ifndef __GTFILE
 #  define __GT_FILE GT_FILE
 # endif
 #endif
@@ -38,13 +38,9 @@
 /* Generate a unique temporary file name from XTEMPLATE.
    The last six characters of XTEMPLATE must be "XXXXXX";
    they are replaced with a string that makes the file name unique.
-   Then open the file and return a fd.
-
-   If you are creating temporary files which will later be removed,
-   consider using the clean-temp module, which avoids several pitfalls
-   of using mkstemp directly. */
+   Then open the file and return a fd. */
 int
-mkstemp (char *xtemplate)
+mkostemp (char *xtemplate, int flags)
 {
-  return __gen_tempname (xtemplate, 0, 0, __GT_FILE);
+  return __gen_tempname (xtemplate, 0, flags, __GT_FILE);
 }
diff --git a/gdb/gnulib/update-gnulib.sh b/gdb/gnulib/update-gnulib.sh
index 09933ab9fe..1e9c37b112 100755
--- a/gdb/gnulib/update-gnulib.sh
+++ b/gdb/gnulib/update-gnulib.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ IMPORTED_GNULIB_MODULES="\
     memchr \
     memmem \
     mkdir \
-    mkstemp \
+    mkostemp \
     pathmax \
     rawmemchr \
     readlink \
diff --git a/gdb/unittests/scoped_fd-selftests.c b/gdb/unittests/scoped_fd-selftests.c
index 4d7454134a..4320b540cd 100644
--- a/gdb/unittests/scoped_fd-selftests.c
+++ b/gdb/unittests/scoped_fd-selftests.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "defs.h"
 
+#include "common/filestuff.h"
 #include "common/scoped_fd.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ static void
 test_destroy ()
 {
   char filename[] = "scoped_fd-selftest-XXXXXX";
-  int fd = mkstemp (filename);
+  int fd = gdb_mkstemp_cloexec (filename);
   SELF_CHECK (fd >= 0);
 
   unlink (filename);
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ static void
 test_release ()
 {
   char filename[] = "scoped_fd-selftest-XXXXXX";
-  int fd = mkstemp (filename);
+  int fd = gdb_mkstemp_cloexec (filename);
   SELF_CHECK (fd >= 0);
 
   unlink (filename);
diff --git a/gdb/unittests/scoped_mmap-selftests.c b/gdb/unittests/scoped_mmap-selftests.c
index e9d4afdffc..9c1707e4fd 100644
--- a/gdb/unittests/scoped_mmap-selftests.c
+++ b/gdb/unittests/scoped_mmap-selftests.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "defs.h"
 
+#include "common/filestuff.h"
 #include "common/scoped_mmap.h"
 #include "config.h"
 
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ static void
 test_normal ()
 {
   char filename[] = "scoped_mmapped_file-selftest-XXXXXX";
-  int fd = mkstemp (filename);
+  int fd = gdb_mkstemp_cloexec (filename);
   SELF_CHECK (fd >= 0);
 
   SELF_CHECK (write (fd, "Hello!", 7) == 7);
