The function exit() is not thread safe. Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man3/exit.3 | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man3/exit.3 b/man3/exit.3 index 51163e4..69f42bc 100644 --- a/man3/exit.3 +++ b/man3/exit.3 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ .\" could be listed on this page. See, for example, the list in the .\" POSIX exit(3p) page. .\" -.TH EXIT 3 2013-02-14 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" +.TH EXIT 3 2014-03-25 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual" .SH NAME exit \- cause normal process termination .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ termination, respectively. The .BR exit () function does not return. +.SH ATTRIBUTES +.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7)) +The +.BR exit () +function uses a global variable that is not protected, +so it is not thread-safe. .SH CONFORMING TO SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001, C89, C99. .SH NOTES -- 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
