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From: wtc@netscape.com (Wan-Teh Chang)
To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Two IA-64 Linux bugs
Date: Wed, 07 Jun 2000 14:57:21 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <marc-linux-ia64-105590678205126@msgid-missing> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <marc-linux-ia64-105590678205116@msgid-missing>

"Boehm, Hans" wrote:
> 
> We also had problems around here with pthread_cond_wait.  The glibc version
> we were using was used a linuxthreads snapshot taken at a bad time.
> Pthread_cond_wait checked that the current thread owned the mutex.
> Unfortunately, it did so even for "fast" mutexes, for which the owner field
> wasn't set.
> 
> If this is the problem, I would guess that you should be able to avoid it by
> using recursive or checking mutexes.  The problem is hopefully very
> temporary, since the glibc on sourceware exhibited this problem for only a
> day.

Indeed, if I use a recursive or error-checking mutex,
I cannot make my test case (pingpong.c) fail.

Wan-Teh



      parent reply	other threads:[~2000-06-07 14:57 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2000-06-05  5:44 [Linux-ia64] Two IA-64 Linux bugs Wan-Teh Chang
2000-06-05 20:42 ` Dan Pop
2000-06-05 20:58 ` Bill Nottingham
2000-06-05 22:10 ` Dan Pop
2000-06-06 17:08 ` Boehm, Hans
2000-06-07 14:57 ` Wan-Teh Chang [this message]

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