On 05/23/13 10:44, Peng Haitao wrote: > The function getlogin() is not thread safe. > > Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > man3/getlogin.3 | 13 +++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/man3/getlogin.3 b/man3/getlogin.3 > index be7cc87..4a2a3e9 100644 > --- a/man3/getlogin.3 > +++ b/man3/getlogin.3 > @@ -135,6 +135,19 @@ password database file > \fI/var/run/utmp\fP > (traditionally \fI/etc/utmp\fP; > some libc versions used \fI/var/adm/utmp\fP) > +.SH ATTRIBUTES > +.SS Multithreading(see pthreads(7)) > +The > +.BR getlogin () > +function is not thread-safe. > +.LP > +The > +.BR getlogin_r () > +function is thread-safe. > +.LP > +The > +.BR cuserid () > +function is thread-safe with exceptions. Peng, I think it would be good to describe the exceptions here. Okay? Could you adjust and resent. Thanks, Michael > .SH CONFORMING TO > .BR getlogin () > and > -- 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