Re: is popen thread safe?



On 13/05/10 15:17, frederico schardong wrote:
> Hi Pádraig,
> 
> Can you explain in details what is going on in this commit? Sorry, but
> I don't understand.
> 
>> http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=commitdiff;h=34183f57

For more context see:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/patches/glibc_threading_bug.txt

In summary popen() should be thread safe unless it has regressed.
Note also the "e" flag, mentioned elsewhere in this thread.

cheers,
Pádraig.


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