On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Jonathan Schleifer <js-openbsd-m...@webkeks.org> wrote: > Am 08.12.2009 um 15:52 schrieb Bret Lambert: > >> The existing resolver code is compleat balls, as oga@ would spell it. >> Frankly, it needs to be dragged behind the chemical sheds and >> quietly suffocated. > > > Wouldn't it be possible to at least put a lock around it, so that at least
Yes. You're free to do so. Have fun. > it does not produce bogus lookups, but is does sequentiel but correct > lookups instead? This would at least not break POSIX and would be compatible > to thread-safe implementations, though slower than thread-safe > implementations. It would already be a big relieve for programmers if they > can just use getaddrinfo and know that they at least get a correct result on > any OS. ATM, I have to do a whitelist of operating systems that are known to > have thread-safe implementations and do a lock for the others. > > -- > Jonathan
