0000186: Thread-safety between different functions

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000186	1003.1(2008)/Issue 7	Base Definitions and Headers	public	2009-11-17 16:38	2013-04-16 13:06

Reporter	geoffclare	Assigned To	ajosey
Priority	normal	Severity	Objection	Type	Error
Status	Closed	Resolution	Accepted

Name	Geoff Clare
Organization	The Open Group
User Reference
Section	3.399
Page Number	98
Line Number	2685
Interp Status	---
Final Accepted Text


Summary	0000186: Thread-safety between different functions
Description	The definition of "thread-safe" only seems to refer to concurrent calls to the same function. It does not cover mutual thread-safety between different functions. On a grammatical note, the text of the definition seems to be defining "thread-safe function", not just "thread-safe". This could be fixed by changing the heading to "Thread-Safe Function" but this would mean tracking down and changing all cross-references to it. I have suggested instead a rewording of the text. Also the "may" should be "can".
Desired Action	Change "A function that may be safely invoked concurrently by multiple threads." to "A thread-safe function can be safely invoked concurrently with other calls to the same function, or with calls to any other thread-safe functions, by multiple threads."
Tags	tc1-2008

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2009-11-17 16:38	geoffclare	New Issue
2009-11-17 16:38	geoffclare	Status	New => Under Review
2009-11-17 16:38	geoffclare	Assigned To	=> ajosey
2009-11-17 16:38	geoffclare	Name	=> Geoff Clare
2009-11-17 16:38	geoffclare	Organization	=> The Open Group
2009-11-17 16:38	geoffclare	Section	=> 3.399
2009-11-17 16:38	geoffclare	Page Number	=> 98
2009-11-17 16:38	geoffclare	Line Number	=> 2685
2009-11-17 16:38	geoffclare	Interp Status	=> ---
2009-12-03 16:45	msbrown	Status	Under Review => Resolved
2009-12-03 16:45	msbrown	Resolution	Open => Accepted
2010-08-27 13:03	ajosey	Tag Attached: tc1-2008
2013-04-16 13:06	ajosey	Status	Resolved => Closed