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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2')
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diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2 b/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2 index 6df9444..9e6dc50 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/getdirentries.2 @@ -120,6 +120,28 @@ The current position pointer should only be set to a value returned by a value returned in the location pointed to by .Fa basep , or zero. +.Sh IMPLEMENTATION NOTES +.Pp +In the non-threaded library +.Fn getdirentries +is implemented as the +.Va getdirentries +syscall. +.Pp +In the threaded library, the +.Va getdirentries +syscall is assembled to +.Fn _thread_sys_getdirentries +and +.Fn getdirentries +is implemented as a function which locks +.Va fd +for read and write, then calls +.Fn _thread_sys_getdirentries . +Before returning, +.Fn getdirentries +unlocks +.Va fd . .Sh RETURN VALUES If successful, the number of bytes actually transferred is returned. Otherwise, -1 is returned and the global variable |
