[PATCH] getpwent.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is not thread-safe

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The function getpwent() is not thread safe.

Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 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
-- 
1.8.1.4

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