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authorkurt <kurt@openbsd.org>2008-04-04 19:30:41 +0000
committerkurt <kurt@openbsd.org>2008-04-04 19:30:41 +0000
commitcb2f56c4c83cf20c371119e9a0fbf1e9781a0ce3 (patch)
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parentZero out the password/response argument in the simplified BSD auth (diff)
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- do not call pthread_atfork(3) handlers when a multithreaded program
calls vfork(2). "untested, but looks OK" marc@ - document vfork(2), popen(3) and system(3) don't call atfork handlers in multithreaded programs. okay jmc@
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/gen/popen.3')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/gen/popen.38
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/gen/popen.3 b/lib/libc/gen/popen.3
index f3ce3b60ca4..df1a8759a6f 100644
--- a/lib/libc/gen/popen.3
+++ b/lib/libc/gen/popen.3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: popen.3,v 1.15 2007/05/31 19:19:28 jmc Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: popen.3,v 1.16 2008/04/04 19:30:41 kurt Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd $Mdocdate: May 31 2007 $
+.Dd $Mdocdate: April 4 2008 $
.Dt POPEN 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -94,6 +94,10 @@ the command's standard input is the same as that of the process that called
Note that
.Fn popen
output streams are fully buffered by default.
+In addition, fork handlers established using
+.Xr pthread_atfork 3
+are not called when a multithreaded program calls
+.Fn popen .
.Pp
The
.Fn pclose