In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 01, 1999 at 17:41:01 -0400, Seong Hoon Kim wrote:
>> is malloc() reentrant ?
>
>I strongly suspect it is. Read "info libc 'Feature Test Macros'" on how to
>compile for threadsafety.
"Thread safe" and "using from a signal handler safe" are 2 very
different things ...
A thread safe malloc called from a signal handler could easily deadlock,
unless it is really reentrant (no mutexes)
Mike.
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