The function getpass() uses a static variable "buf", so it is not thread-safe. Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man3/getpass.3 | 7 ++++++- 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/man3/getpass.3 b/man3/getpass.3 index d363ec4..d07a323 100644 --- a/man3/getpass.3 +++ b/man3/getpass.3 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ .\" Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, .\" USA. .\" -.TH GETPASS 3 2010-09-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH GETPASS 3 2011-09-06 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME getpass \- get a password .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -86,6 +86,11 @@ The process does not have a controlling terminal. .\" A .\" .BR getpass () .\" function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7)) +The +.BR getpass () +function is not thread-safe. .SH "CONFORMING TO" Present in SUSv2, but marked LEGACY. Removed in POSIX.1-2001. -- 1.7.1 -- Best Regards, Peng Haitao -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
