Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 13:20:37 -0000 From: "Steven Hartland" <killing@barrysworld.com> To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pthread safe name -> address resolution (under linux compat) Message-ID: <01ee01c3c632$e4449470$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk>
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An update on this is that the app in question will be running under
linux compat. So I suppose this questions changes to:
Is the linux compat version of gethostbyname_r thread safe?
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Hartland" <killing@barrysworld.com>
To: <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: pthread safe name -> address resolution
> I've had a dig around but cant find any concrete answer
> to what to use for name resolution that is pthread safe.
> A number of people mention getaddrinfo and getipnodebyname
> but both are doc'd as not being thread safe.
>
> Is there a solution to this is do we have to use mutex's?
>
> Steve
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