Thread (1 message) 1 message, 1 author, 2015-02-26

Re: [PATCH] getgrent.3: Add explanation for grent

From: Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) <hidden>
Date: 2015-02-26 07:34:21

Possibly related (same subject, not in this thread)

On 02/25/2015 06:17 AM, Ma Shimiao wrote:
Signed-off-by: Ma Shimiao <redacted>
Thanks, Ma Shimiao. Applied.

Cheers,

Michael



quoted hunk
---
 man3/getgrent.3 | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/man3/getgrent.3 b/man3/getgrent.3
index 7a39198..00d90ea 100644
--- a/man3/getgrent.3
+++ b/man3/getgrent.3
@@ -183,6 +183,19 @@ T{
 .BR endgrent ()
 T}	Thread safety	MT-Unsafe race:grent locale
 .TE
+
+[[
+In the above table,
+.I grent
+in
+.I race:grent
+signifies that if any of the functions
+.BR setgrent (),
+.BR getgrent (),
+or
+.BR endgrent ()
+are used in parallel in different threads of a program, then data races could occur.
+]]
 .SH CONFORMING TO
 SVr4, 4.3BSD, POSIX.1-2001.
 .SH SEE ALSO

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