Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2003 00:03:25 +0900 From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@mahoroba.org> To: Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: gethostbyname_r Message-ID: <ygeisqnip4y.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> In-Reply-To: <20030630144327.GB11983@pcwin002.win.tue.nl> References: <20030630144327.GB11983@pcwin002.win.tue.nl>
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Hi, >>>>> On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 16:43:27 +0200 >>>>> Stijn Hoop <stijn@win.tue.nl> said: stijn> I was wondering if anybody was working on an implementation of a reentrant stijn> gethostbyname_r function, mostly because it looks like mozilla/firebird will stijn> finally gain support for an async DNS thread in the near future. However, stijn> it is claimed in Mozilla's bug reporting system that FreeBSD 5.x doesn't stijn> have support for this. See stijn> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70213#c36 I believe Mozilla uses getipnodeby*() on FreeBSD. getipnodeby*() calls do giant lock to expect thread-safe. So, I believe we don't need gethostbyname_r() for Mozilla. Sincerely, -- Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan ume@mahoroba.org ume@bisd.hitachi.co.jp ume@{,jp.}FreeBSD.org http://www.imasy.org/~ume/
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