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Re: [lwip-users] DNS thread-safe functions
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Simon Goldschmidt |
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Re: [lwip-users] DNS thread-safe functions |
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Tue, 4 Feb 2020 12:37:57 +0100 |
Ajay Bhargav wrote:
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> However, I am not sure if dns_setserver really needs to be protected so much
> as there is nothing much going on except copying of server in an array.
Please *don't* suggest things like this. You *need* protection:
a) there is no guarantee the code will stay like it is now
b) when switching to IPv6, the write is *not* atomic any more
Don't try to be smarter than the authors of the code or it might eat you in the
future ;-)
Regards,
Simon