Re: pthread_mutex_unlock (was Re: sched_yield() makes OpenLDAP slow)

[Howard Chu <hyc@symas.com>]

David Schwartz wrote:
> 	After collecting other opinions from comp.programming.threads, and being
> unable to find other people who considered it reasonable, I've changed my
> opinion. I was far too generous and deferential before.
>   

David, you specifically have been faced with this question before:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming.threads/browse_frm/thread/2184ba84f911d9dd/a6e4f7cf13bbec2d#a6e4f7cf13bbec2d
and you didn't dispute the interpretation then. The wording for 
pthread_mutex_unlock hasn't changed between 2001 and now.

And here:
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming.threads/msg/89cc5d600e34e88a?hl=en&

If those statements were incorrect, I have a feeling someone would have 
corrected them at the time. Certainly you can attest to that.
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming.threads/msg/d5b2231ca57bb102?hl=en&

Clearly at this point there's nothing to be gained from pursuing this 
any further. The 2.6 kernel has been out for too long; if it were to be 
"fixed" again it would just make life ugly for another group of people, 
and I don't want to write the autoconf tests to detect the 
flavor-of-the-week. We've wasted enough time arguing futilely over it, 
I'll stop.

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