From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Michael Kerrisk Subject: Re: [PATCH] getpwent.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is not thread-safe Date: Sat, 18 May 2013 20:25:31 +0200 Message-ID: <5197C79B.80905@gmail.com> References: <1367572791-22023-1-git-send-email-penght@cn.fujitsu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <1367572791-22023-1-git-send-email-penght-BthXqXjhjHXQFUHtdCDX3A@public.gmane.org> Sender: linux-man-owner-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org To: Peng Haitao Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org, carlos-v2tUB8YBRSi3e3T8WW9gsA@public.gmane.org, aoliva-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org List-Id: linux-man@vger.kernel.org On 05/03/13 11:19, Peng Haitao wrote: > The function getpwent() is not thread safe. Applied to my local branch for this work. Thank you, Peng. Cheers, Michael > Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao > --- > man3/getpwent.3 | 11 +++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man3/getpwent.3 b/man3/getpwent.3 > index bccc064..cd83936 100644 > --- a/man3/getpwent.3 > +++ b/man3/getpwent.3 > @@ -151,6 +151,17 @@ Insufficient buffer space supplied. > .TP > .I /etc/passwd > local password database file > +.SH ATTRIBUTES > +.SS Multithreading(see pthreads(7)) > +The > +.BR getpwent() > +is not thread-safe. > +.LP > +The > +.BR setpwent() > +and > +.BR endpwent() > +functions are thread-safe. > .SH CONFORMING TO > SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001. > The > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html