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cryptonector
on Oct 17, 2023
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Getaddrinfo() on glibc calls getenv(), oh boy
On Solaris/Illumos `putenv()` and `getenv()` are lock-less and
really
fast.
Basically, if you `putenv()`, you commit to never freeing that memory.
xy2_
on Oct 17, 2023
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putenv is not lock free:
https://github.com/illumos/illumos-gate/blob/master/usr/src/...
cryptonector
on Oct 17, 2023
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Ay, yes. Though it could be made lock-less.
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Basically, if you `putenv()`, you commit to never freeing that memory.