Re: [Linux-ia64] linuxthread stack problem

[David Mosberger <davidm@napali.hpl.hp.com>]

>>>>> On Mon, 04 Nov 2002 12:43:46 -0600, Philip Armstrong <pma@sgi.com> said:

  Philip> While in the same subroutine, however, the ordering of the
  Philip> pthread_cleanup_buffer stack addresses as allocated by the
  Philip> pthread_cleanup_push macro is indeterminate, at least it is
  Philip> on our IA64 platform.

  Philip> I have simplified the problem into a short test case that
  Philip> uses the bracketing and stack address allocation in the same
  Philip> manner that the pthread_cleanup_push() and
  Philip> pthread_cleanup_pop() macros do. In my case, we have
  Philip> STACK_GROW_DOWN defined, and as you can see the second stack
  Philip> address is actually greater than the first. The
  Philip> pthread_cancel routine would not execute the second cleanup
  Philip> subroutine put on the stack in this case becuase the address
  Philip> comparison (FRAME_LEFT in linuxthreads/cancel.c) would
  Philip> prohibit it.

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	--david