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Subject: Re: [PATCH] fexecve.3: ATTRIBUTES: Note function that is thread-safe
From: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages () gmail ! com>
Date: 2015-06-16 6:49:48
Message-ID: 557FC70C.2070908 () gmail ! com
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On 06/15/2015 05:58 AM, Zeng Linggang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 2015-06-12 at 21:01 +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
>> Hi Zeng Linggang,
>>
>> On 05/27/2015 05:42 PM, Samuel Bronson wrote:
>>> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 6:12 AM, Zeng Linggang <zenglg.jy@cn.fujitsu.com> wrote:
>>>> After research, We think fexecve() is thread-safe. But, there
>>>> is not marking of fexecve() in glibc document.
>>>
>>> Um, fexecve() is just like execve(), only on a file descriptor. (In
>>> fact, it appears to be implemented using execve() on
>>> /proc/self/fd/$FD.)
>>>
>>> As such, the following point from execve(2) applies:
>>>
>>> * All threads other than the calling thread are destroyed during an
>>> execve(). Mutexes, condition variables, and other pthreads objects
>>> are not preserved.
>>>
>>> This does not seem to correspond with the usual notion of "thread
>>> safe", though I guess it would be technically safe to, say, have
>>> several threads racing to run fexecve(). Further text is probably
>>> warranted here.
>>
>> Did you have any thoughts on Samuel's point?
>
> Thanks for your remind, I almost miss it.
>
> As we can see, the detail information has been list in 'execve'. I think
> it is not necessary to add further text.
As long as you think it's okay, I'll go with that. I've
applied your patch.
Cheers,
Michael
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