Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 17:43:44 -0800 (PST) From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/include netdb.h resolv.h src/lib/libc/include reentrant.h src/lib/libc/net getaddrinfo.3 getaddrinfo.c gethostbydns.c gethostbyname.3 gethostbynis.c getipnodebyname.3 herror.c name Message-ID: <20040226174333.R82318@root.org> In-Reply-To: <200402252113.i1PLDOtN065489@green.homeunix.org> References: <200402252113.i1PLDOtN065489@green.homeunix.org>
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On Wed, 25 Feb 2004, Brian F. Feldman wrote: > Brian Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > Make the resolver(3) and many associated interfaces much more reentrant. > > The getaddrinfo(3), getipnodebyname(3) and resolver(3) can coincide now > > with what should be totally reentrant, and h_errno values will now > > be preserved correctly, but this does not affect interfaces such as > > gethostbyname(3) which are still mostly non-reentrant. > > Geez, I certainly hope no English teachers ever see that paragraph. > > This has been tested by several other -CURRENT users with no issues, so be > certain to report any as they come up. There shouldn't be much software > which has to be recompiled, outside of the base system. The resolver(3) > interface is not very portable, so usage of the _res structure should be > relatively rare, and threaded programs should already be using > getaddrinfo(3) and getting error returns via that API, and not via > h_errno. Thanks for the great work on this. -Nate
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