On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The function getpass() uses a static variable "buf", so it is not thread-safe. Applied. Thanks, Michael > 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 > -- Michael Kerrisk Linux man-pages maintainer; http://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/ Author of "The Linux Programming Interface"; http://man7.org/tlpi/ -- 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
