Re: [patch] Re: Problem with exiting threads under NPTL

Ingo Molnar
2003-12-14T21:07:52Z

On Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> That code looks fragile as hell. I think you fixed a bug and it might be
> the absolutely proper fix, but I'd be happier about it if it was more
> obvious what the rules are and _why_ that is the only case that
> matters..

agreed, and we had a fair number of bugs in this area already. But i dont
know whether (or how) it could be made simpler - i think most of the
ugliness is a reflexion of the POSIX semantics. (combined with ptrace
complexities.)

Ingo