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-rw-r--r--dirent/Makefile2
-rw-r--r--dirent/dirent.h7
-rw-r--r--dirent/readdir_r.c37
3 files changed, 45 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/dirent/Makefile b/dirent/Makefile
index b6a42190eb..8d706dfe64 100644
--- a/dirent/Makefile
+++ b/dirent/Makefile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 subdir		:= dirent
 
 headers		:= dirent.h direntry.h
-routines	:= opendir closedir readdir rewinddir \
+routines	:= opendir closedir readdir readdir_r rewinddir \
 		   seekdir telldir scandir alphasort \
 		   getdents dirfd
 distribute := dirstream.h
diff --git a/dirent/dirent.h b/dirent/dirent.h
index 02a5e6a18a..06e92cb6b9 100644
--- a/dirent/dirent.h
+++ b/dirent/dirent.h
@@ -116,6 +116,13 @@ extern int closedir __P ((DIR * __dirp));
 extern struct dirent *__readdir __P ((DIR * __dirp));
 extern struct dirent *readdir __P ((DIR * __dirp));
 
+#ifdef __USE_REENTRANT
+/* Reentrant versio of `readdir'.  Return in RESULT a pointer to the
+   next entry.  */
+extern int readdir_r __P ((DIR *__dirp, struct dirent *entry,
+			   struct dirent **result));
+#endif
+
 /* Rewind DIRP to the beginning of the directory.  */
 extern void rewinddir __P ((DIR * __dirp));
 
diff --git a/dirent/readdir_r.c b/dirent/readdir_r.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9979660fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dirent/readdir_r.c
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/* readdir_r - Reentrant version of readdir.
+Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996.
+
+The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+Library General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB.  If
+not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
+Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
+
+#include <dirent.h>
+
+/* Some systems have reentrancy problems with their `readdir'
+   implementation so they have an additional `readdir_r' version.  The
+   GNU version does not have these problems but for compatibility
+   reasons we provide this function.  It is simply a wrapper around
+   the normal function.
+
+   The actual definition of this functions varies very strong from
+   system to system.  We chose to follow the POSIX version.  */
+int
+readdir_r (DIR *dirp, struct dirent *entry, struct dirent **result)
+{
+  *result = readdir (dirp);
+
+  return *result != NULL ? 0 : -1;
+}