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authorCarlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>2019-10-04 15:58:08 -0400
committerCarlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>2019-10-18 15:55:33 -0400
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nptl: Document AS-safe functions in cancellation.c.
Document in comments that __pthread_enable_asynccancel and __pthread_disable_asynccancel must be AS-safe in general with the exception of the act of cancellation.
Diffstat (limited to 'nptl')
-rw-r--r--nptl/cancellation.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/cancellation.c b/nptl/cancellation.c
index 7712845..23d7b2b 100644
--- a/nptl/cancellation.c
+++ b/nptl/cancellation.c
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
/* The next two functions are similar to pthread_setcanceltype() but
more specialized for the use in the cancelable functions like write().
- They do not need to check parameters etc. */
+ They do not need to check parameters etc. These functions must be
+ AS-safe, with the exception of the actual cancellation, because they
+ are called by wrappers around AS-safe functions like write().*/
int
attribute_hidden
__pthread_enable_asynccancel (void)
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ __pthread_enable_asynccancel (void)
return oldval;
}
-
+/* See the comment for __pthread_enable_asynccancel regarding
+ the AS-safety of this function. */
void
attribute_hidden
__pthread_disable_asynccancel (int oldtype)