Re: [PATCH] getlogin.3: Reformat thread-safety information

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>]

On 10/21/2014 09:48 AM, Peng Haitao wrote:
> 
> On 10/20/2014 11:50 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 2:51 AM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
>> <mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>>>> getlogin() is MT-Unsafe and is influenced by setlocale(),
>>>> So "MT-Unsafe locale" is right.
>>>
>>> Thank you for the confirmation.
>>>
>>> Just by the way, I see that the glibc manual says of getlogin:
>>>
>>>     MT-Unsafe race:getlogin race:utent sig:ALRM timer locale
>>>
>>> I guess this covers some cases beyond what you document. Is that
>>> correct?
>>
>> I haven't reviewed the technical details of this issue, but I would be
>> very worried if the linux-kernel man pages had different annotations
>> than glibc.
>>
>> My expectation is that Peng should review the glibc annotations and
>> come talk to us if they are different from what will be documented in
>> the man pages.
>>
> 
> We are reviewing the glibc annotations, the next step will
> talk to you and Alexandre about the different annotations.

Thanks for this, Haitao.

>> We should not have any differences. Either we adjust one or the other,
>> but both should match.
>>
> 
> This is our goal.

Good!

Do you have an idea of how long the review process might take?

Thanks,

Micheal


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