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Date:	Fri, 2 Nov 2001 21:39:22 -0500
From:	Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: pthread: thread switching bug?
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On Sat, Nov 03, 2001 at 12:50:06AM +0100, Heribert Dahms wrote:
>Hi Rob,
>
>I'd expect write() to be atomic, if "small" enough, but not print() or
>fprintf()!
>
>I once more cite APUE
>(Richard W. Steven's Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment),
>chapter 10.6 Reentrant Functions:
>"Most implementations of the standard I/O library
>use global data structures in a nonreentrant way"

That is not true of newlib, AFAIK.

cgf

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