From 06a23ca2272b4728c0ffceb044799dab8e000b55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 21:10:44 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] attributes.7: Rewrite introduction Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/attributes.7 | 18 ++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/attributes.7 b/man7/attributes.7 index b277bb711..2f7491a6e 100644 --- a/man7/attributes.7 +++ b/man7/attributes.7 @@ -26,17 +26,15 @@ attributes \- POSIX safety concepts .SH DESCRIPTION .\" .\" -.SS POSIX safety concepts -This manual documents various safety properties of GNU C Library -functions, in lines that follow their prototypes and look like: +.IR Note : +the text of this man page is based on the material taken from +the "POSIX Safety Concepts" section of the GNU C Library manual. +Further details on the topics described here can be found in that +manual. -@sampsafety{@prelim{}@mtsafe{}@assafe{}@acsafe{}} - -The properties are assessed according to the criteria set forth in the -POSIX standard for such safety contexts as -Thread-Safety, Async-Signal-Safety and Async-Cancel-Safety. -Intuitive definitions of these properties, -attempting to capture the meaning of the standard definitions, follow. +Various function manual pages include a section ATTRIBUTES +that describes the safety of calling the function in various contexts. +This section annotates functions with the following safety markings: .TP .I MT-Safe .I MT-Safe