ptsname_r

Eric Blake eblake@redhat.com
Mon Nov 7 20:46:00 GMT 2011


On 11/07/2011 12:35 PM, Christopher Faylor wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 07, 2011 at 12:14:01PM -0700, Eric Blake wrote:
>> Since ptsname() is not thread-safe on all platforms, it would be nice if
>> cygwin could also export ptsname_r() to match glibc.
>>
>> If no one beats me to it, I'll try and submit patches this week.
>
> I'll do it.  I've been in this code recently so it's fresh in my mind.

Thanks.  Also, even with your patches of today, ptsname() is still not 
thread-safe; should we be sticking that in a thread-local buffer rather 
than in static storage, similar to how other functions like strerror() 
are thread-safe?

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