Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 11:04:37 +0200 From: Samuel Tardieu <sam@inf.enst.fr> To: Ming Zhang <ming@yahoo-inc.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Multithread safe gethostbyname() ? Message-ID: <2000-04-12-11-04-37%2Btrackit%2Bsam@inf.enst.fr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004111813310.81762-100000@pious.yahoo.com>; from ming@yahoo-inc.com on Tue, Apr 11, 2000 at 06:26:49PM -0700 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004111813310.81762-100000@pious.yahoo.com>
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On 11/04, Ming Zhang wrote: | On Solaris there is gethostbyname_r(). Calling gethostbyname() with in | two threads cause both threads to block. gethostbyname_r exists, at least in 4.0, but is poorly implemented (it is in fact not thread safe). However, if you are using 4.0, you should consider using getipnodebyname(), which is MT-safe and more powerful than the old gethostbyX functions. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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