Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2001 17:11:19 +1100 (EST) From: Andrew <andrew@ugh.net.au> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/31745: describe handling of NULLs passed to pthread_setcancelstate Message-ID: <20011104061119.3E1E1A854@starbug.ugh.net.au>
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>Number: 31745 >Category: docs >Synopsis: describe handling of NULLs passed to pthread_setcancelstate >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Nov 03 22:20:00 PST 2001 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andrew >Release: FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE i386 >Organization: UgH! >Environment: System: FreeBSD starbug.ugh.net.au 4.4-STABLE FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE #3: Sun Oct 7 21:30:09 EST 2001 andrew@starbug.ugh.net.au:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STARBUG i386 >Description: pthread_setcancelstate(3) does not describe the functions behaviour if passed NULL as the second argument. The same with pthread_setcanceltype. In both cases the argument is ignored. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: Patch to lib/libc_r/man/pthread_testcancel.3 --- pthread_testcancel.3.orig Sun Nov 4 15:18:08 2001 +++ pthread_testcancel.3 Sun Nov 4 15:22:45 2001 @@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ function atomically both sets the calling thread's cancelability state to the indicated .Fa state -and returns the previous cancelability state at the location referenced by +and, if +.Fa oldstate +is not +.Dv NULL , +returns the previous cancelability state at the location referenced by .Fa oldstate . Legal values for .Fa state @@ -37,7 +41,11 @@ function atomically both sets the calling thread's cancelability type to the indicated .Fa type -and returns the previous cancelability type at the location referenced by +and, if +.Fa oldtype +is not +.Dv NULL , +returns the previous cancelability type at the location referenced by .Fa oldtype . Legal values for .Fa type >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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