From: Sebastian Huber <sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de>
To: newlib@sourceware.org
Subject: [PATCH] Clarify struct _reent comment
Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2022 10:42:47 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20220608084247.14531-1-sebastian.huber@embedded-brains.de> (raw)
---
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
--
2.35.3
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2022-06-08 8:42 Sebastian Huber [this message]
2022-06-08 18:20 ` Jeff Johnston
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