[PATCH] getprotoent.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note functions that aren't thread-safe

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The marking matches glibc marking.
markings of functions in glibc are:
- getprotoent:      MT-Unsafe race:protoent race:protoentbuf locale

- getprotobyname:   MT-Unsafe race:protobyname locale

- getprotobynumber: MT-Unsafe race:protobynumber locale

- setprotoent:      MT-Unsafe race:protoent locale
- endprotoent:      MT-Unsafe race:protoent locale

Signed-off-by: Zeng Linggang <zenglg.jy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 man3/getprotoent.3 | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+)

diff --git a/man3/getprotoent.3 b/man3/getprotoent.3
index d41e926..56fac15 100644
--- a/man3/getprotoent.3
+++ b/man3/getprotoent.3
@@ -137,6 +137,57 @@ error occurs or the end of the file is reached.
 .I /etc/protocols
 protocol database file
 .PD
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbw18 lb lbw28
+l l l.
+Interface	Attribute	Value
+T{
+.BR getprotoent ()
+T}	Thread safety	T{
+MT-Unsafe race:protoent
+.br
+race:protoentbuf locale
+T}
+T{
+.BR getprotobyname ()
+T}	Thread safety	T{
+MT-Unsafe race:protobyname
+.br
+locale
+T}
+T{
+.BR getprotobynumber ()
+T}	Thread safety	T{
+MT-Unsafe race:protobynumber
+.br
+locale
+T}
+T{
+.BR setprotoent (),
+.br
+.BR endprotoent ()
+T}	Thread safety	T{
+MT-Unsafe race:protoent
+.br
+locale
+T}
+.TE
+
+In the above table,
+.I protoent
+in
+.I race:protoent
+signifies that if any of the functions
+.BR setprotoent (3),
+.BR getprotoent (3),
+or
+.BR endprotoent (3)
+are used in parallel in different threads of a program,
+then data races could occur.
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
 .SH SEE ALSO
-- 
1.9.3

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