Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 18:05:35 -0700 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: thread safety and host lookups Message-ID: <20031010010535.GD10682@rot13.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <20031009233104.GG54245@keyslapper.org> References: <20031009233104.GG54245@keyslapper.org>
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--RhUH2Ysw6aD5utA4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 07:31:05PM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Hey folks. I'm working on a port from Solaris to FreeBSD. For the > most part, things are pretty straightforward, but I can't seem to find > the details on thread safety for some system calls. >=20 > gethostbyname_r() is the thread safe call that replaces > gethostbyname() on Solaris. >=20 > Is there a similar alternative call in FreeBSD, or was the default > system call modified to ensure thread safety? Unfortunately FreeBSD does not support gethostbyname_r() at this time. However, it looks like bind9 has an implementation. Kris --RhUH2Ysw6aD5utA4 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/hgXdWry0BWjoQKURAg8DAJ9K2HQ5Z7KngL4xuAAA/p4TUlXgHQCfd1d1 yymVoQjEfmc3u4cxkl7OeJ4= =YO9n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --RhUH2Ysw6aD5utA4--
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