The functions mkfifo() and mkfifoat() are thread safe. Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man3/mkfifo.3 | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man3/mkfifo.3 b/man3/mkfifo.3 index 849efca..e1c0b84 100644 --- a/man3/mkfifo.3 +++ b/man3/mkfifo.3 @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ .\" .\" changed section from 2 to 3, aeb, 950919 .\" -.TH MKFIFO 3 2014-02-21 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH MKFIFO 3 2014-03-24 "GNU" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME mkfifo, mkfifoat \- make a FIFO special file (a named pipe) .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ was added to glibc in version 2.4. It is implemented using .BR mknodat (2), available on Linux since kernel 2.6.16. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7)) +The +.BR mkfifo () +and +.BR mkfifoat () +functions are thread-safe. .SH CONFORMING TO .BR mkfifo (): POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. -- 1.8.5.3 -- 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