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libc: Remove readdir_r(3)

Description

libc: Remove readdir_r(3)

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. We
previously added a linker warning and annotated the prototype; now that
stable/15 has been branched, we can remove it from main.

Relnotes: yes
Reviewed by: kib
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D52474

Details

Provenance
desAuthored on Sep 10 2025, 4:52 PM
Reviewer
kib
Differential Revision
D52474: libc: Remove readdir_r(3)
Parents
rGc1532f74e468: ixgbe: Correct ixgbe_link_speed_to_str comment
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Reverted By
rGd20c82507278: Revert "libc: Remove readdir_r(3)"