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* [newlib-cygwin] Clarify struct _reent comment
@ 2022-06-08 19:06 Sebastian Huber
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From: Sebastian Huber @ 2022-06-08 19:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
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https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=newlib-cygwin.git;h=866f6c909faaaf6be39e5b4fab9d84c327fac0cb

commit 866f6c909faaaf6be39e5b4fab9d84c327fac0cb
Author: Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
Date:   Wed Jun 8 10:41:05 2022 +0200

    Clarify struct _reent comment

Diff:
---
 newlib/libc/include/sys/reent.h | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/newlib/libc/include/sys/reent.h b/newlib/libc/include/sys/reent.h
index 64d76c27c..5d889b4a2 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/include/sys/reent.h
+++ b/newlib/libc/include/sys/reent.h
@@ -350,9 +350,10 @@ struct _rand48 {
 /*
  * struct _reent
  *
- * This structure contains *all* globals needed by the library.
+ * This structure contains the thread-local objects needed by the library.
  * It's raison d'etre is to facilitate threads by making all library routines
- * reentrant.  IE: All state information is contained here.
+ * reentrant.  The exit handler support and FILE maintenance use dedicated
+ * global objects which are not included in this structure.
  */
 
 #ifdef _REENT_SMALL


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