Subject: Re: syslog_r (Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libc)
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 10/26/2006 22:17:34
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On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 10:07:03PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 07:18:12PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> > Finally we provide a snprintf_r() and a vsnprintf_r() [call them what y=
ou
> > wish] wrappers that look like the nor _r functions, but they only do:
> >=20
> > fp->_flags |=3D __SAFE;
> >=20
> > Then we can use them in syslog_r(), and everything works as expected.
> > Well, floating point numbers print NaN, but...
>=20
> Fine with me with the exception of using public names for them. They
> should be kept internal, so that we can later fix the issue without
> having to alter the ABI of libc.
BTW, how hard it would be to make __dtoa() use caller-provided
buffer and thus making it reentrant & async-signal-safe?
Jaromir
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Jaromir Dolecek <jdolecek@NetBSD.org> http://www.NetBSD.cz/
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