Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:06:12 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Dan Moschuk <dan@trinsec.com> Cc: ognir@humboldt1.com, louie@TransSys.COM, steve_tarkalson@hotmail.com, bmcgover@cisco.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gethostbyaddr() and threads. Message-ID: <37B04DF4.136D3870@softweyr.com> References: <199908092354.QAA18586@home.humboldt1.com> <37AFB921.D3070875@softweyr.com> <19990810112836.B50820@trinsec.com>
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Dan Moschuk wrote:
>
> | > Yeah, that IS a horrible idea of mine. :) Changing the API should be a last
> | > resort, though, since we don't want to introduce to many FreeBSDisms into the
> | > already-fragmented-enough Unix world.
> | >
> | > Just a thought, how does Linux's GNU libc handle gethostby* in threaded apps?
> |
> | Probably the way POSIX specifies, which would certainly be *our* target.
>
> And does POSIX specify it?
You didn't get the message with the function prototypes? I can send it again.
This would be the *correct* way to implement thread-safe get*by* calls, since
any existing threaded code (Solaris, Linux, etc.) will use these interfaces.
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"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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