[CC expanded, just in case Carlos and Alexandre have something
to add]
On 10/17/2014 08:29 AM, Peng Haitao wrote:
>
> On 10/17/2014 02:05 PM, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> Hello Haitao,
>>
>> Just double checking one point. See below.
>>
>> On 10/17/2014 05:59 AM, Peng Haitao wrote:
>>> Signed-off-by: Peng Haitao <penght@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> man3/getlogin.3 | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
>>> 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/man3/getlogin.3 b/man3/getlogin.3
>>> index fcbd0fb..828df2b 100644
>>> --- a/man3/getlogin.3
>>> +++ b/man3/getlogin.3
>>> @@ -138,19 +138,23 @@ password database file
>>> (traditionally \fI/etc/utmp\fP;
>>> some libc versions used \fI/var/adm/utmp\fP)
>>> .SH ATTRIBUTES
>>> -.SS Multithreading (see pthreads(7))
>>> -The
>>> +For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
>>> +.BR attributes (7).
>>> +.TS
>>> +allbox;
>>> +lb lb lb
>>> +l l l.
>>> +Interface Attribute Value
>>> +T{
>>> .BR getlogin ()
>>> -function is not thread-safe.
>>> -.LP
>>> -The
>>> +T} Thread safety MT-Unsafe locale
>>
>> Should this be "MT-Safe locale"?
>>
>
> getlogin() is MT-Unsafe and is influenced by setlocale(),
> So "MT-Unsafe locale" is right.
Thank you for the confirmation.
Just by the way, I see that the glibc manual says of getlogin:
MT-Unsafe race:getlogin race:utent sig:ALRM timer locale
I guess this covers some cases beyond what you document. Is that
correct?
Thanks,
Michael
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