Date: Mon, 09 Aug 1999 13:41:24 +0100 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: dan@trinsec.com Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gethostbyaddr() and threads. Message-ID: <E11Dok0-000LN9-00@fanf.noc.demon.net> In-Reply-To: <19990808204333.A40377@trinsec.com>
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Dan Moschuk <dan@trinsec.com> wrote: > >After quite an exhausting night (of all the ways I didn't want to spend my >Sunday...) I've managed to track down a problem that has been frustrating me >all night. The problem exists with multiple threads calling gethostbyaddr() >(not necessarily at the same time). src/lib/libc/net/gethostbydns.c seems to use a load of static variables in a non-thread-safe fashion. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch dot@dotat.at fanf@demon.net e pluribus unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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