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diff --git a/man7/attributes.7 b/man7/attributes.7 index b277bb711e..2f7491a6eb 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 |