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Re: Thread-safeness in cygwin32
- To: Geoffrey Noer <noer at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: Thread-safeness in cygwin32
- From: Michael Anderson <mka at redes dot int dot com dot mx>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 08:32:39 -0600
- CC: gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
- References: <199711211000.CAA19889@rtl.cygnus.com>
Geoffrey Noer wrote:
> Unfortunately it (B18) is not thread-safe and b19 won't be either when
> it comes out. Newlib does make some attempts at minimizing race conditions
> but it isn't thread-safe. The rest of the code in cygwin.dll from the
> winsup directory would also need a lot of reworking. Sorry... :-(
Thanks Geoffrey for confirming this. The other part of my question is
about the process-safeness of B18. Can one process corrupt another
through the common use of cygwin.dll or otherwise?
--
Mike Anderson
mka@redes.int.com.mx
Guanajuato, GTO, Mexico
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