The function localeconv() returns a pointer to a structure which might be overwritten by subsequent calls to localeconv() or by calls to setlocale(), so it is not thread-safe. Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man3/localeconv.3 | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man3/localeconv.3 b/man3/localeconv.3 index 9a776f8..20f1942 100644 --- a/man3/localeconv.3 +++ b/man3/localeconv.3 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ .\" the source, must acknowledge the copyright and authors of this work. .\" License. .\" Modified Sat Jul 24 19:01:20 1993 by Rik Faith (faith@xxxxxxxxxx) -.TH LOCALECONV 3 1993-04-25 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH LOCALECONV 3 2013-03-12 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME localeconv \- get numeric formatting information .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ Programs may also use the functions and .BR strfmon (3), which behave according to the actual locale in use. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7)) +The +.BR localeconv () +function is not thread-safe, since it returns a pointer to a structure which +might be overwritten by subsequent calls. .SH CONFORMING TO C89, C99. .SH BUGS -- 1.8.1.4 -- 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
