URL:
https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/pull/5541
Author: sumit-bose
Title: #5541: nss client: make innetgr() thread safe
Action: opened
PR body:
"""
The innetgr() call is expected to be thread safe but SSSD's the current
implementation isn't. In glibc innetgr() is implementend by calling the
setnetgrent(), getnetgrent(), endgrent() sequence with a private context
(struct __netgrent) with provides a member where NSS modules can store data
between the calls.
With this patch setnetgrent() will read all required data from the NSS
responder and store it in the data member of the __netgrent struct.
Upcoming getnetgrent() calls will only operate on the stored data and not
connect to the NSS responder anymore. endgrent() will free the data. Since
the netgroup data is read in a single request to the NSS responder
protected by a mutex and stored in private context of innetgr() this call
is now thread-safe.
Resolves:
https://github.com/SSSD/sssd/issues/5540
"""
To pull the PR as Git branch:
git remote add ghsssd
https://github.com/SSSD/sssd
git fetch ghsssd pull/5541/head:pr5541
git checkout pr5541