libc: Deprecate readdir_r()
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Authored by des on Aug 1 2025, 4:17 PM.

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rG2bd157bc732a: libc: Deprecate readdir_r()

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This function was never safe to use. We marked it deprecated in the
manual page in 2016, and it is marked obsolete in POSIX 2024. Add a
linker warning and annotate the prototype.

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des created this revision.Aug 1 2025, 4:17 PM

Herald added a subscriber: imp. · View Herald TranscriptAug 1 2025, 4:17 PM

des requested review of this revision.Aug 1 2025, 4:17 PM

Harbormaster completed remote builds in B65898: Diff 159581.Aug 1 2025, 4:17 PM

des added a parent revision: D51680: kyua: Stop using readdir_r().Aug 1 2025, 4:17 PM

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Closed by commit rG2bd157bc732a: libc: Deprecate readdir_r() (authored by des). · Explain WhyAug 1 2025, 11:14 PM

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include/

dirent.h

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lib/

libc/

gen/

readdir.c

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