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

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The marking matches glibc marking.
markings of functions in glibc are:
- getservent:    MT-Unsafe race:servent race:serventbuf locale

- getservbyname: MT-Unsafe race:servbyname locale

- getservbyport: MT-Unsafe race:servbyport locale

- setservent:    MT-Unsafe race:servent locale
- endservent:    MT-Unsafe race:servent locale

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

diff --git a/man3/getservent.3 b/man3/getservent.3
index c229053..a475b2e 100644
--- a/man3/getservent.3
+++ b/man3/getservent.3
@@ -154,6 +154,57 @@ error occurs or the end of the file is reached.
 .TP
 .I /etc/services
 services database file
+.SH ATTRIBUTES
+For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
+.BR attributes (7).
+.TS
+allbox;
+lbw15 lb lbw25
+l l l.
+Interface	Attribute	Value
+T{
+.BR getservent ()
+T}	Thread safety	T{
+MT-Unsafe race:servent
+.br
+race:serventbuf locale
+T}
+T{
+.BR getservbyname ()
+T}	Thread safety	T{
+MT-Unsafe race:servbyname
+.br
+locale
+T}
+T{
+.BR getservbyport ()
+T}	Thread safety	T{
+MT-Unsafe race:servbyport
+.br
+locale
+T}
+T{
+.BR setservent (),
+.br
+.BR endservent ()
+T}	Thread safety	T{
+MT-Unsafe race:servent
+.br
+locale
+T}
+.TE
+
+In the above table,
+.I servent
+in
+.I race:servent
+signifies that if any of the functions
+.BR setservent (3),
+.BR getservent (3),
+or
+.BR endservent (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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