Bug #91509 gethostbyaddr_r() and gethostbyname_r() are no longer used

• Submitted: 30 Jun 2018 5:50
• Modified: 3 Jul 2018 9:51
• Reporter: Mikiya Okuno
• Status: Closed
• Category: MySQL Server: Documentation
• Severity: S3 (Non-critical)
• Version: 5.5.60
• OS: Any
• CPU Architecture: Any

[30 Jun 2018 5:50] Mikiya Okuno

Description:
https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/host-cache.html

" The server performs host name resolution using the thread-safe gethostbyaddr_r() and gethostbyname_r() calls if the operating system supports them. Otherwise, the thread performing the lookup locks a mutex and calls gethostbyaddr() and gethostbyname() instead. In this case, no other thread can resolve host names not found in the host cache until the thread holding the mutex lock releases it. "

This is not true. MySQL Server uses getaddrinfo() as of MySQL 5.5 series.

How to repeat:
See the manual.

Suggested fix:
"The server performs host name resolution using the getaddrinfo() system function as of MySQL 5.5 series."

[3 Jul 2018 9:51] Paul DuBois

Posted by developer:
 
Updated as suggested.