Thread-safety question

[Mark Brown]

> Thanks. Do You mean glibc compiled for GNU/Linux system is completely
> POSIX compliant ?

Not making that claim. The gnu libc developers make every effort to follow
appropriate standards, though. There are usually good reasons why
glibc does not 100% meet POSIX, in those cases where it does not.

As for threads, there are efforts underway to produce better-conforming
threads packages for glibc. In any case, the POSIX document I referred you
to is a good start for understanding the thread-safety requirements.


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Mark S. Brown 
STSM, UNIX/Linux OS Standards
IBM Systems Group
bmark@us.ibm.com