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

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The function ptsname() is not thread safe.

Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man3/ptsname.3 | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man3/ptsname.3 b/man3/ptsname.3
index 9ebafc3..c4d0fa1 100644
--- a/man3/ptsname.3
+++ b/man3/ptsname.3
@@ -76,6 +76,15 @@ is too small.
 .SH VERSIONS
 .BR ptsname ()
 is provided in glibc since version 2.1.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
+The
+.BR ptsname ()
+function is not thread-safe.
+.LP
+The
+.BR ptsname_r ()
+function is thread-safe.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 .BR ptsname ()
 is part of the UNIX 98 pseudoterminal support (see
-- 
1.8.1.4

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