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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/posix1e/acl_from_text.3')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/posix1e/acl_from_text.3 | 15 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_from_text.3 b/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_from_text.3 index f717d7b..8b10784 100644 --- a/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_from_text.3 +++ b/lib/libc/posix1e/acl_from_text.3 @@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ function converts the text form of an ACL referred to by into the internal working structure for ACLs, appropriate for applying to files or manipulating. .Pp -This function may cause memory to be allocated. The caller should free any +This function may cause memory to be allocated. +The caller should free any releasable memory, when the new ACL is no longer required, by calling .Xr acl_free 3 with the @@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ support for POSIX.1e interfaces and features is still under development at this time. .Sh RETURN VALUES Upon successful completion, the function shall return a pointer to the -internal representation of the ACL in working storage. Otherwise, a value +internal representation of the ACL in working storage. +Otherwise, a value of .Va (acl_t)NULL shall be returned, and @@ -90,9 +92,11 @@ hardware or system-imposed memory management constraints. .Xr acl_to_text 3 , .Xr posix1e 3 .Sh STANDARDS -POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17. Discussion +POSIX.1e is described in IEEE POSIX.1e draft 17. +Discussion of the draft continues on the cross-platform POSIX.1e implementation -mailing list. To join this list, see the +mailing list. +To join this list, see the .Fx POSIX.1e implementation page for more information. @@ -112,7 +116,8 @@ rely on the .Xr getpwent 3 library calls to manage username and uid mapping, as well as the .Xr getgrent 3 -library calls to manage groupname and gid mapping. These calls are not +library calls to manage groupname and gid mapping. +These calls are not thread safe, and so transitively, neither are .Fn acl_from_text and |
