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changeset 16315:3cd17879cdb5
pipe2: refine doc about thread-safety
* doc/glibc-functions/pipe2.texi: Clarify the extent of the
multithread-safety problem.
* doc/glibc-functions/accept4.texi: Likewise.
author | Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> |
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date | Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:21:45 +0100 |
parents | f25c774dd4b6 |
children | e0f8ddc05b50 |
files | ChangeLog doc/glibc-functions/accept4.texi doc/glibc-functions/pipe2.texi |
diffstat | 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2012-01-26 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> + + pipe2: refine doc about thread-safety + * doc/glibc-functions/pipe2.texi: Clarify the extent of the + multithread-safety problem. + * doc/glibc-functions/accept4.texi: Likewise. + 2012-01-26 Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org> posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen: Fix 2012-01-08 commit.
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/accept4.texi +++ b/doc/glibc-functions/accept4.texi @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ This function is missing on many non-glibc platforms: MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2011-11, Cygwin 1.7.1, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS. -But the replacement function is not atomic in multi-threaded programs. +But the replacement function is not atomic; this matters in multi-threaded +programs that spawn child processes. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
--- a/doc/glibc-functions/pipe2.texi +++ b/doc/glibc-functions/pipe2.texi @@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ This function is missing on many non-glibc platforms: MacOS X 10.5, FreeBSD 6.0, NetBSD 5.0, OpenBSD 3.8, Minix 3.1.8, AIX 5.1, HP-UX 11, IRIX 6.5, OSF/1 5.1, Solaris 11 2011-11, Cygwin 1.7.1, mingw, MSVC 9, Interix 3.5, BeOS. -But the replacement function is not atomic in multi-threaded programs. +But the replacement function is not atomic; this matters in multi-threaded +programs that spawn child processes. @end itemize Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib: