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

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The function readdir() is not thread safe.

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

diff --git a/man3/readdir.3 b/man3/readdir.3
index 140b5e4..ed6c816 100644
--- a/man3/readdir.3
+++ b/man3/readdir.3
@@ -144,6 +144,15 @@ returns 0, and returns NULL in
 .TP
 .B EBADF
 Invalid directory stream descriptor \fIdirp\fP.
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+.SS Multithreading(see pthreads(7))
+The
+.BR readdir ()
+function is not thread-safe.
+.LP
+The
+.BR readdir_r ()
+function is thread-safe.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
 .SH NOTES
-- 
1.8.1.4

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