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authorAlexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>2014-02-03 17:26:08 -0200
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* manual/macros.texi: Add comments before MTASC-safety macros.
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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2014-02-03 Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
+ * manual/macros.texi: Add comments before MTASC-safety macros.
+
+2014-02-03 Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
+
* manual/users.texi: Document MTASC-safety properties.
2014-02-03 Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
diff --git a/manual/macros.texi b/manual/macros.texi
index f280a8170a..f32c86dc22 100644
--- a/manual/macros.texi
+++ b/manual/macros.texi
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ non-GNU systems
GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd systems
@end macro
-@c Descrption applying to GNU/Hurd systems; that is, systems using the
+@c Description applying to GNU/Hurd systems; that is, systems using the
@c GNU Hurd with the GNU C Library.
@macro gnuhurdsystems
GNU/Hurd systems
@end macro
-@c Descrption applying to GNU/Linux systems; that is, systems using
+@c Description applying to GNU/Linux systems; that is, systems using
@c the Linux kernel with the GNU C Library.
@macro gnulinuxsystems
GNU/Linux systems
@@ -103,111 +103,155 @@ Preliminary:
@end macro
+@c Function is MT- and AS-Unsafe due to an internal race.
@macro mtasurace {comments}
race\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS-Unsafe due to an internal race.
@macro asurace {comments}
race\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is MT-Safe, but with potential race on user-supplied object
+@c of opaque type.
@macro mtsrace {comments}
race\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is MT- and AS-Unsafe for modifying an object that is decreed
+@c MT-constant due to MT-Unsafe accesses elsewhere.
@macro mtasuconst {comments}
const\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function accesses the assumed-constant locale object.
@macro mtslocale {comments}
locale\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function accesses the assumed-constant environment.
@macro mtsenv {comments}
env\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function accesses the assumed-constant hostid.
@macro mtshostid {comments}
hostid\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function accesses the assumed-constant _sigintr variable.
@macro mtssigintr {comments}
sigintr\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function performs MT-Unsafe initialization at the first call.
@macro mtuinit {comments}
init\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function performs libc_once AS-Unsafe initialization.
@macro asuinit {comments}
init\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function performs libc_once AC-Unsafe initialization.
@macro acuinit {comments}
init\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS-Unsafe because it takes a non-recursive mutex that may
+@c already be held by the function interrupted by the signal.
@macro asulock {comments}
lock\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AC-Unsafe because it may fail to release a mutex.
@macro aculock {comments}
lock\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS-Unsafe because some data structure may be inconsistent
+@c due to an ongoing updated interrupted by a signal.
@macro asucorrupt {comments}
corrupt\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AC-Unsafe because some data structure may be left
+@c inconsistent when cancelled.
@macro acucorrupt {comments}
corrupt\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS- and AC-Unsafe because of malloc/free.
@macro ascuheap {comments}
heap\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS-Unsafe because of malloc/free.
@macro asuheap {comments}
heap\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS- and AC-Unsafe because of dlopen/dlclose.
@macro ascudlopen {comments}
dlopen\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS- and AC-Unsafe because of unknown plugins.
@macro ascuplugin {comments}
plugin\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS- and AC-Unsafe because of i18n.
@macro ascuintl {comments}
i18n\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS--Unsafe because of i18n.
@macro asuintl {comments}
i18n\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function may leak file descriptors if async-cancelled.
@macro acsfd {comments}
fd\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function may leak memory if async-cancelled.
@macro acsmem {comments}
mem\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is unsafe due to temporary overriding a signal handler.
@macro mtascusig {comments}
sig\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is MT- and AS-Unsafe due to temporarily changing attributes
+@c of the controlling terminal.
@macro mtasuterm {comments}
term\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AC-Unsafe for failing to restore attributes of the
+@c controlling terminal.
@macro acuterm {comments}
term\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function sets timers atomically.
@macro mtstimer {comments}
timer\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function sets and restores timers.
@macro mtascutimer {comments}
timer\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function temporarily changes the current working directory.
@macro mtasscwd {comments}
cwd\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function may fail to restore to the original current working
+@c directory after temporarily changing it.
@macro acscwd {comments}
cwd\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is MT-Safe while POSIX says it needn't be MT-Safe.
@macro mtsposix {comments}
!posix\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is MT-Unsafe while POSIX says it should be MT-Safe.
@macro mtuposix {comments}
!posix\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS-Safe while POSIX says it needn't be AS-Safe.
@macro assposix {comments}
!posix\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AS-Unsafe while POSIX says it should be AS-Safe.
@macro asuposix {comments}
!posix\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AC-Safe while POSIX says it needn't be AC-Safe.
@macro acsposix {comments}
!posix\comments\
@end macro
+@c Function is AC-Unsafe while POSIX says it should be AC-Safe.
@macro acuposix {comments}
!posix\comments\
@end macro