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Date:      Fri, 31 May 2002 14:01:57 -0700
From:      Peter Haight <peterh@sapros.com>
To:        Clint Olsen <clint@0lsen.net>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Is gethostbyname2() reentrant? 
Message-ID:  <200205312101.g4VL1vvj057289@wartch.sapros.com>

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>On May 31, Peter Haight wrote:
>> 
>> If I link with libc_r can I use gethostbyname2() at the same time in two
>> different threads?
>
>Pardon my ignorance, but how does re-entrancy affect this?  It would seem
>that you're interested in a function that doesn't block.

The function returns a pointer to some sort of memory. I'm worried that the
the two separate requests could possibly mess up each others memory. Maybe I
have the terminology wrong.



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