Subject: Re: 'c-ares' api 'ares_gethostbyname()' is thread safe function?

Re: 'c-ares' api 'ares_gethostbyname()' is thread safe function?

From: Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek_at_redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 14:13:40 +0100

On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 12:43:08PM +0000, Vinay Kumar wrote:
> Hi All,
> Is 'c-ares' api 'ares_gethostbyname()' is thread safe function?The 'gethostbyname' function is obsolete. There exists a reentrant version gethostbyname_r().
> Similarly is there any reentrant version of 'ares_gethostbyname()'? or 'ares_gethostbyname()' itself is reentrant function?
> Regards,Vinay 

As long as each thread uses its own ares context that I would say yes..

I'm not the biggest thread expert around, though.
Received on 2014-12-11