Re: [PATCH] iconv.3: Modify thread-safety information

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

On 10/14/2014 09:39 AM, Peng Haitao wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org>

I missed applying this. Thankfully, Ma Shimiao noticed. Applied now.

Thanks

Michael


> ---
>  man3/iconv.3      | 10 ++++++++--
>  man3/iconv_open.3 |  2 --
>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man3/iconv.3 b/man3/iconv.3
> index 0dfcd7d..7a8d785 100644
> --- a/man3/iconv.3
> +++ b/man3/iconv.3
> @@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ An incomplete multibyte sequence has been encountered in the input.
>  .SH VERSIONS
>  This function is available in glibc since version 2.1.
>  .SH ATTRIBUTES
> -.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
>  For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
>  .BR attributes (7).
>  .TS
> @@ -150,8 +149,15 @@ l l l.
>  Interface	Attribute	Value
>  T{
>  .BR iconv ()
> -T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe
> +T}	Thread safety	MT-Safe race:cd
>  .TE
> +.PP
> +The
> +.BR iconv ()
> +function is MT-Safe, as long as callers arrange for
> +mutual exclusion on the
> +.I cd
> +argument.
>  .SH CONFORMING TO
>  POSIX.1-2001.
>  .SH NOTES
> diff --git a/man3/iconv_open.3 b/man3/iconv_open.3
> index 40ceeec..61845ae 100644
> --- a/man3/iconv_open.3
> +++ b/man3/iconv_open.3
> @@ -76,8 +76,6 @@ the state is in the initial state.
>  Using
>  .BR iconv (3)
>  modifies the descriptor's conversion state.
> -(This implies that a conversion
> -descriptor can not be used in multiple threads simultaneously.)
>  To bring the state back to the initial state, use
>  .BR iconv (3)
>  with NULL as
> 


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