threads/72429: threads blocked in stdio (fgets, etc) are not cancellable in 5.3 (works in 4.x)

David Xu davidxu at FreeBSD.org
Mon Dec 3 17:30:03 PST 2007


The following reply was made to PR threads/72429; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Xu <davidxu at FreeBSD.org>
To: bug-followup at FreeBSD.org, mark at 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.
 
 Regards,
 David Xu
 


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