From 279965c9231bd50692dbf1e52bcfcee40338f107 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jay Satiro Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 16:15:55 -0400 Subject: libcurl-thread.3: Consolidate thread safety info This is a new document to consolidate our thread safety information from several documents (curl-www:features, libcurl.3, libcurl-tutorial.3). Each document's section on multi-threading will now point to this one. --- docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs/libcurl/libcurl.3') diff --git a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 index 39bcccd43..dbd91bc33 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/libcurl.3 @@ -111,13 +111,8 @@ libcurl works .B exactly the same, on any of the platforms it compiles and builds on. .SH "THREADS" -Never ever call curl-functions simultaneously using the same handle from -several threads. libcurl is thread-safe and can be used in any number of -threads, but you must use separate curl handles if you want to use libcurl in -more than one thread simultaneously. - -The global environment functions are not thread-safe. See \fBGLOBAL -CONSTANTS\fP below for details. +libcurl is thread safe but there are a few exceptions. Refer to +\fIlibcurl-thread(3)\fP for more information. .SH "PERSISTENT CONNECTIONS" Persistent connections means that libcurl can re-use the same connection for -- cgit v1.2.3