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Date:      Mon, 3 Dec 2007 20:33:33 -0500 (EST)
From:      Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org>
To:        David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-threads@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: threads/72429: threads blocked in stdio (fgets, etc) are not cancellable in 5.3 (works in 4.x)
Message-ID:  <Pine.GSO.4.64.0712032033220.20002@sea.ntplx.net>
In-Reply-To: <200712040130.lB41U3rv095165@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200712040130.lB41U3rv095165@freefall.freebsd.org>

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On Tue, 4 Dec 2007, David Xu wrote:

> The following reply was made to PR threads/72429; it has been noted by GNATS.
>
> From: David Xu <davidxu@FreeBSD.org>
> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, mark@verniernetworks.com
> Cc:
> Subject: Re: threads/72429: threads blocked in stdio (fgets, etc) are not
> cancellable in 5.3 (works in 4.x)
> Date: Tue, 04 Dec 2007 09:27:45 +0800
>
> Should we close the PR now ? since POSIX does not say stdio routines
> are cancellation points. the libc_r happened to support it, it is lucky,
> but may cause problems too.

Yes!

-- 
DE



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