From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Dec 22 10:15: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D1C237B401 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:15:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.5.17]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA9543EE6 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:15:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from agapon@excite.com) Received: from asv9.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (asv9.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.5.30]) by mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.05 (built Nov 6 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H7J005159CZ52@mta6.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:14:59 -0500 (EST) Received: from mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.5.45]) by asv9.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (8.12.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gBMIEsr1021733 for ; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:14:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from edge.foundation.invalid (ool-4352ef3f.dyn.optonline.net [67.82.239.63]) by mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.05 (built Nov 6 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H7J007QR9CT05@mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:14:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost.foundation.invalid [127.0.0.1]) by edge.foundation.invalid (8.12.6/8.12.3) with ESMTP id gBMIErlk006776; Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:14:53 -0500 (EST envelope-from agapon@excite.com) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 13:14:53 -0500 (EST) From: Andriy Gapon Subject: Re: Multi-threaded or async Mozilla (NSPR, really) X-X-Sender: avg@edge.foundation.invalid To: hawkeyd@visi.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Message-id: <20021222131200.J6771-100000@edge.foundation.invalid> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG as a matter of fact gethost*() family of calls is not thread-safe in FreeBSD. You can search FreeBSD PRs and mozilla's bugzilla for "mozilla DNS" to see previous discussions and efforts. -- Andriy Gapon * "The worst part of communication is the illusion that it has actually occurred". M. Jenkins. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message