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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/closedir.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/closedir.c b/sysdeps/unix/closedir.c
index 3045d73fba..c2fcbe549a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/closedir.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/closedir.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991,1993,1995,1996,1998,2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@ __closedir (DIR *dirp)
return -1;
}
- __libc_lock_lock (dirp->lock);
+ /* We do not try to synchronize access here. If some other thread
+ still uses this handle it is a big mistake and that thread
+ deserves all the bad data it gets. */
fd = dirp->fd;