[PATCH] getpwent.3: Add explanation for pwent

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Signed-off-by: Ma Shimiao <mashimiao.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man3/getpwent.3 | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man3/getpwent.3 b/man3/getpwent.3
index abcaec6..136b5ee 100644
--- a/man3/getpwent.3
+++ b/man3/getpwent.3
@@ -172,6 +172,19 @@ T{
 .BR endpwent ()
 T}	Thread safety	MT-Unsafe race:pwent locale
 .TE
+
+[[
+In the above table,
+.I pwent
+in
+.I race:pwent
+signifies that if any of the functions
+.BR setpwent (),
+.BR getpwent (),
+or
+.BR endpwent ()
+are used in parallel in different threads of a program, then data races could occur.
+]]
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
 The
-- 
1.9.3

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