LinuxThreads library.
1998-03-11 00:42 Wolfram Gloger <wmglo@dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>
* linuxthreads/manager.c: Enable resetting of the thread
scheduling policy to SCHED_OTHER when the parent thread
has a different one.
1998-02-01 13:51 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/posix_opt.h: Define
_POSIX_ASYNCHRONOUS_IO.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Define bits for Unix98 variants of
mutexes.
* mutex.c: Implement new mutex types.
* internals.h: Include <signal.h>.
* libpthread.map: Add __erno_location and __h_errno_location.
* errno.c: Return pointer to variable actually in use. This might
not be the one in the thread structure.
* internals.h (struct _pthread_descr_struct): Add new fields p_errnop
and p_h_errnop.
* manager.c (__pthread_manager): Set p_errnop and p_h_errnop member
of manager thread structure.
(pthread_handle_create): Set p_errnop and p_h_errnop members for new
thread.
* pthread.c: Adapt initializer for thread structures.
(__pthread_initial_thread): Set p_errnop and p_h_errnop member.
(__pthread_reset_main_thread): Reset p_errnop and p_h_errnop of
current thread to global variables.
1998-01-31 17:27 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* rwlock.c: New file.
* Makefile (libpthread-routines): Add rwlock.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Define data structures and declare
functions.
* libpthread.map: Add new functions.
1997-12-18 13:50 Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk>
* sysdeps/arm/pt-machine.h: New file; add ARM support.
* sysdeps/arm/Implies: likewise.
* README: Document it.
1997-12-13 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* signals.c: Remove unneeded initializer for sigwaited, saving a
1997-04-11 01:18 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* semaphore.c (sem_init): Set sem_spinlock only if available.
1997-12-04 01:48 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* mutex.c: Implement PTHREAD_MUTEX_CHECKERROR.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Define PTHREAD_MUTEX_CHECKERROR.
* Makefile: Update from LinuxThreads 0.7.
* internals.h. Likewise.
* manager.c: Likewise.
* mutex.c: Likewise.
* pthread.c: Likewise.
* signals.c: Likewise.
* specific.c: Likewise.
* Examples/ex3.c: Likewise.
1997-11-20 18:13 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* pthread.c (__pthread_reset_main_thread): Close pipe only if still
open.
1997-10-29 05:38 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* wrapsyscall.c: Add socket functions which are also cancelation
points.
1997-10-19 21:40 Wolfram Gloger <wg@wolfram.dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>
* specific.c (__libc_internal_tsd_set, __libc_internal_tsd_get):
New functions for fast thread specific data within libc.
* internals.h: Add new array p_libc_specific to struct
_pthread_descr_struct.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/libc-lock.h: Declare new functions.
1997-10-13 05:39 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* semaphore.h: Add __BEGIN_DECLS/__END_DECLS.
Reported by Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>.
1997-08-29 03:05 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* internals.h (struct _pthread_descr_struct): Add definitions for
two-level specific key handling.
* manager.c (pthread_handle_create): Initialize specific memory array.
* specific.c: Implement two-level key handling.
* weaks.c: Don't provide dummy key handling.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/libc-lock.h: Typedef __libc_lock_t (no #define).
Add definition of __libc_key_t.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/local_lim.h: Define PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX
as 1024.
Add definition of _POSIX_THREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS and
PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS.
* manager.c (pthread_handle_create): Compare mmap result with
MAP_FAILED.
* ptfork.c: Rename to __pthread_atfork and make old name a weak alias.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/pthread.h: Add prototype for __pthread_atfork.
1997-08-22 19:04 Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com>
sysdeps/sparc -> sysdeps/sparc/sparc32
sysdeps/sparc64 -> sysdeps/sparc/sparc64
* internals.h: Change definition of THREAD_SELF to be an expression,
not a statement that did a return.
* sysdeps/alpha/pt-machine.h (THREAD_SELF): Update accordingly.
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/pt-machine.h (THREAD_SELF, INIT_THREAD_SELF):
Follow Solaris and use a "system reserved" register (%g6) to hold
the thread descriptor.
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/pt-machine.h: Likewise.
1997-08-03 00:09 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* mutex.c: Correct pthread_once. Patch by Xavier Leroy.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Add prototype for __pthread_once.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/pthread.h: Add macros for __libc_once.
* semaphore.c: Include spinlock.h only when needed.
* specific.c (__pthread_setsepcific, __pthread_getspecific): Reject
keys for entries not in use.
* weaks.c: Implement key handling functions for real.
1997-06-29 01:04 Richard Henderson <richard@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Initial sparc64-linux support:
* linuxthreads/sysdeps/sparc64/Implies: New file.
* linuxthreads/sysdeps/sparc64/pt-machine.h: Likewise.
1997-06-29 00:48 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* semaphore.c: Include spinlock.h at correct place.
Patch by HJ Lu.
1997-06-13 10:06 Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
The Great Bit File Move:
* sysdeps/alpha/semaphorebits.h: -> .../bits/semaphore.h.
* sysdeps/powerpc/semaphorebits.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/cmpxchg/semaphorebits.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/no-cmpxchg/semaphorebits.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/libc-lock.h: -> bits/
* sysdeps/pthread/stdio-lock.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/local_lim.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_opt.h: Likewise.
* semaphore.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Likewise.
* lockfile.c: <foo.h> -> <bits/foo.h>.
* semaphore.h: Likewise.
* Makefile: (headers): foo.h -> bits/foo.h.
* sysdeps/pthread/Makefile: Likewise.
1997-04-11 01:18 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* semaphore.c (sem_init): Set sem_spinlock only if available.
* sysdeps/m68k/pt-machine.h (testandset, __compare_and_swap): Fix
asm constraints.
1997-04-09 03:00 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
Update from LinuxThreads 0.6.
* attr.c (pthread_attr_getdetachstate): Use __sched_get_priority_max
and __sched_get_priority_min instead of names without `__'.
* manager.c: Rewrite large parts to implement opaque pthread_t.
* cancel.c: Adapt for opaque pthread_t type.
* condvar.c: Likewise.
* errno.c: Likewise.
* join.c: Likewise.
* mutex.c: Likewise.
* pthread.c: Likewise.
* signals.c: Likewise.
* specific.c: Likewise.
* restart.h: Likewise.
* queue.h: Likewise.
* Examples/ex3.c: Likewise.
* Examples/ex4.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Likewise.
* pthread.c: Accumulate time for all threads in thread manager.
* semaphore.c: Implement fallback implementation for architectures
sometimes missing compare-exchange operations.
* cancel.c (pthread_cancel): Validate handle argument.
* join.c (pthread_join): Likewise.
(pthread_detach): Likewise.
* signals.c (pthread_kill): Likewise.
* spinlock.h (acquire): Use __sched_yield not sched_yield.
* queue.h (enqueue): Enqueue thread according to priority.
* internals.c (struct pthread_start_args): New struct for passing
args to cloning function.
(struct _pthread): Rename to _pthread_descr_struct and adapt for
opaque pthread_t.
* Examples/Makefile (clean): Pass -f option to rm.
* sysdeps/i386/pt-machine.h: Add check for compare-exchange instruction
and define TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP.
* sysdeps/i386/i486/pt-machine.h: Removed.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/local_lim.h (PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX): Increase
to 1024.
1997-04-04 16:38 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* restart.h (suspend): Clear p_signal before suspending.
(suspend_with_cancellation): Likewise.
Patch by Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>.
* weaks.c: Make __pthread_key_create return 1.
* sysdeps/pthread/libc-lock.h: Define __libc_key_create,
__libc_getspecific, __libc_setspecific, and __libc_key_t.
* sysdeps/pthread/stdio-lock.h: Don't care for implementation not
using libio.
1997-03-19 15:13 Miguel de Icaza <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>
* sysdeps/sparc/pt-machine (RELEASE): Fix.
1997-03-01 07:55 Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>
* sysdeps/powerpc/Implies: Added.
* sysdeps/powerpc/pt-machine.h: Added.
* sysdeps/powerpc/semaphorebits.h: Added.
1997-01-22 01:22 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* linuxtheads/pthread.c (__pthread_initial_thread): Correct
initializer.
(__pthread_manager_thread): Likewise.
Reported by Andreas Jaeger.
1997-01-18 22:15 Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
Since sigset_t no longer fits in a register, we can't pass in the
thread's initial mask so easily. Take this opportunity to simplify
the clone implementation by only accepting a single void* argument.
* linuxthreads/manager.c (__pthread_manager): Put thread vitals
in the thread struct instead of as arguments through clone.
(pthread_start_thread): Look for them there.
* linuxthreads/internals.h (struct _pthread): Add p_initial_fn,
p_initial_fn_arg, p_initial_mask. Fix __pthread_manager proto.
* linuxthreads/pthread.c (pthread_initialize_manager): Revise
clone invocation.
1998-03-11 20:42:25 +08:00
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* directory reading functions (opendir(), etc)
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LinuxThreads library.
1998-03-11 00:42 Wolfram Gloger <wmglo@dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>
* linuxthreads/manager.c: Enable resetting of the thread
scheduling policy to SCHED_OTHER when the parent thread
has a different one.
1998-02-01 13:51 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/posix_opt.h: Define
_POSIX_ASYNCHRONOUS_IO.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Define bits for Unix98 variants of
mutexes.
* mutex.c: Implement new mutex types.
* internals.h: Include <signal.h>.
* libpthread.map: Add __erno_location and __h_errno_location.
* errno.c: Return pointer to variable actually in use. This might
not be the one in the thread structure.
* internals.h (struct _pthread_descr_struct): Add new fields p_errnop
and p_h_errnop.
* manager.c (__pthread_manager): Set p_errnop and p_h_errnop member
of manager thread structure.
(pthread_handle_create): Set p_errnop and p_h_errnop members for new
thread.
* pthread.c: Adapt initializer for thread structures.
(__pthread_initial_thread): Set p_errnop and p_h_errnop member.
(__pthread_reset_main_thread): Reset p_errnop and p_h_errnop of
current thread to global variables.
1998-01-31 17:27 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* rwlock.c: New file.
* Makefile (libpthread-routines): Add rwlock.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Define data structures and declare
functions.
* libpthread.map: Add new functions.
1997-12-18 13:50 Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk>
* sysdeps/arm/pt-machine.h: New file; add ARM support.
* sysdeps/arm/Implies: likewise.
* README: Document it.
1997-12-13 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* signals.c: Remove unneeded initializer for sigwaited, saving a
1997-04-11 01:18 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* semaphore.c (sem_init): Set sem_spinlock only if available.
1997-12-04 01:48 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* mutex.c: Implement PTHREAD_MUTEX_CHECKERROR.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Define PTHREAD_MUTEX_CHECKERROR.
* Makefile: Update from LinuxThreads 0.7.
* internals.h. Likewise.
* manager.c: Likewise.
* mutex.c: Likewise.
* pthread.c: Likewise.
* signals.c: Likewise.
* specific.c: Likewise.
* Examples/ex3.c: Likewise.
1997-11-20 18:13 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* pthread.c (__pthread_reset_main_thread): Close pipe only if still
open.
1997-10-29 05:38 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* wrapsyscall.c: Add socket functions which are also cancelation
points.
1997-10-19 21:40 Wolfram Gloger <wg@wolfram.dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>
* specific.c (__libc_internal_tsd_set, __libc_internal_tsd_get):
New functions for fast thread specific data within libc.
* internals.h: Add new array p_libc_specific to struct
_pthread_descr_struct.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/libc-lock.h: Declare new functions.
1997-10-13 05:39 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* semaphore.h: Add __BEGIN_DECLS/__END_DECLS.
Reported by Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>.
1997-08-29 03:05 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* internals.h (struct _pthread_descr_struct): Add definitions for
two-level specific key handling.
* manager.c (pthread_handle_create): Initialize specific memory array.
* specific.c: Implement two-level key handling.
* weaks.c: Don't provide dummy key handling.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/libc-lock.h: Typedef __libc_lock_t (no #define).
Add definition of __libc_key_t.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/local_lim.h: Define PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX
as 1024.
Add definition of _POSIX_THREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS and
PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS.
* manager.c (pthread_handle_create): Compare mmap result with
MAP_FAILED.
* ptfork.c: Rename to __pthread_atfork and make old name a weak alias.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/pthread.h: Add prototype for __pthread_atfork.
1997-08-22 19:04 Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com>
sysdeps/sparc -> sysdeps/sparc/sparc32
sysdeps/sparc64 -> sysdeps/sparc/sparc64
* internals.h: Change definition of THREAD_SELF to be an expression,
not a statement that did a return.
* sysdeps/alpha/pt-machine.h (THREAD_SELF): Update accordingly.
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/pt-machine.h (THREAD_SELF, INIT_THREAD_SELF):
Follow Solaris and use a "system reserved" register (%g6) to hold
the thread descriptor.
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/pt-machine.h: Likewise.
1997-08-03 00:09 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* mutex.c: Correct pthread_once. Patch by Xavier Leroy.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Add prototype for __pthread_once.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/pthread.h: Add macros for __libc_once.
* semaphore.c: Include spinlock.h only when needed.
* specific.c (__pthread_setsepcific, __pthread_getspecific): Reject
keys for entries not in use.
* weaks.c: Implement key handling functions for real.
1997-06-29 01:04 Richard Henderson <richard@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Initial sparc64-linux support:
* linuxthreads/sysdeps/sparc64/Implies: New file.
* linuxthreads/sysdeps/sparc64/pt-machine.h: Likewise.
1997-06-29 00:48 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* semaphore.c: Include spinlock.h at correct place.
Patch by HJ Lu.
1997-06-13 10:06 Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
The Great Bit File Move:
* sysdeps/alpha/semaphorebits.h: -> .../bits/semaphore.h.
* sysdeps/powerpc/semaphorebits.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/cmpxchg/semaphorebits.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/no-cmpxchg/semaphorebits.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/libc-lock.h: -> bits/
* sysdeps/pthread/stdio-lock.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/local_lim.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_opt.h: Likewise.
* semaphore.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Likewise.
* lockfile.c: <foo.h> -> <bits/foo.h>.
* semaphore.h: Likewise.
* Makefile: (headers): foo.h -> bits/foo.h.
* sysdeps/pthread/Makefile: Likewise.
1997-04-11 01:18 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* semaphore.c (sem_init): Set sem_spinlock only if available.
* sysdeps/m68k/pt-machine.h (testandset, __compare_and_swap): Fix
asm constraints.
1997-04-09 03:00 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
Update from LinuxThreads 0.6.
* attr.c (pthread_attr_getdetachstate): Use __sched_get_priority_max
and __sched_get_priority_min instead of names without `__'.
* manager.c: Rewrite large parts to implement opaque pthread_t.
* cancel.c: Adapt for opaque pthread_t type.
* condvar.c: Likewise.
* errno.c: Likewise.
* join.c: Likewise.
* mutex.c: Likewise.
* pthread.c: Likewise.
* signals.c: Likewise.
* specific.c: Likewise.
* restart.h: Likewise.
* queue.h: Likewise.
* Examples/ex3.c: Likewise.
* Examples/ex4.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Likewise.
* pthread.c: Accumulate time for all threads in thread manager.
* semaphore.c: Implement fallback implementation for architectures
sometimes missing compare-exchange operations.
* cancel.c (pthread_cancel): Validate handle argument.
* join.c (pthread_join): Likewise.
(pthread_detach): Likewise.
* signals.c (pthread_kill): Likewise.
* spinlock.h (acquire): Use __sched_yield not sched_yield.
* queue.h (enqueue): Enqueue thread according to priority.
* internals.c (struct pthread_start_args): New struct for passing
args to cloning function.
(struct _pthread): Rename to _pthread_descr_struct and adapt for
opaque pthread_t.
* Examples/Makefile (clean): Pass -f option to rm.
* sysdeps/i386/pt-machine.h: Add check for compare-exchange instruction
and define TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP.
* sysdeps/i386/i486/pt-machine.h: Removed.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/local_lim.h (PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX): Increase
to 1024.
1997-04-04 16:38 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* restart.h (suspend): Clear p_signal before suspending.
(suspend_with_cancellation): Likewise.
Patch by Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>.
* weaks.c: Make __pthread_key_create return 1.
* sysdeps/pthread/libc-lock.h: Define __libc_key_create,
__libc_getspecific, __libc_setspecific, and __libc_key_t.
* sysdeps/pthread/stdio-lock.h: Don't care for implementation not
using libio.
1997-03-19 15:13 Miguel de Icaza <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>
* sysdeps/sparc/pt-machine (RELEASE): Fix.
1997-03-01 07:55 Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>
* sysdeps/powerpc/Implies: Added.
* sysdeps/powerpc/pt-machine.h: Added.
* sysdeps/powerpc/semaphorebits.h: Added.
1997-01-22 01:22 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* linuxtheads/pthread.c (__pthread_initial_thread): Correct
initializer.
(__pthread_manager_thread): Likewise.
Reported by Andreas Jaeger.
1997-01-18 22:15 Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
Since sigset_t no longer fits in a register, we can't pass in the
thread's initial mask so easily. Take this opportunity to simplify
the clone implementation by only accepting a single void* argument.
* linuxthreads/manager.c (__pthread_manager): Put thread vitals
in the thread struct instead of as arguments through clone.
(pthread_start_thread): Look for them there.
* linuxthreads/internals.h (struct _pthread): Add p_initial_fn,
p_initial_fn_arg, p_initial_mask. Fix __pthread_manager proto.
* linuxthreads/pthread.c (pthread_initialize_manager): Revise
clone invocation.
1998-03-11 20:42:25 +08:00
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WARNING:
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Many existing libraries are not compatible with LinuxThreads,
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either because they are not inherently thread-safe, or because they
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have not been compiled with the -D_REENTRANT. For more info, see the
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FAQ.html file in this directory.
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A prime example of the latter is Xlib. If you link it with
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LinuxThreads, you'll probably get an "unknown 0 error" very
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early. This is just a consequence of the Xlib binaries using the
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global variable "errno" to fetch error codes, while LinuxThreads and
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the C library use the per-thread "errno" location.
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See the file README.Xfree3.3 for info on how to compile the Xfree 3.3
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libraries to make them compatible with LinuxThreads.
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KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS:
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- Threads share pretty much everything they should share according
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to the standard: memory space, file descriptors, signal handlers,
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current working directory, etc. One thing that they do not share
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is their pid's and parent pid's. According to the standard, they
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should have the same, but that's one thing we cannot achieve
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in this implementation (until the CLONE_PID flag to clone() becomes
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usable).
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- The current implementation uses the two signals SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2,
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so user-level code cannot employ them. Ideally, there should be two
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signals reserved for this library. One signal is used for restarting
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threads blocked on mutexes or conditions; the other is for thread
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cancellation.
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1998-03-13 08:56:15 +08:00
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*** This is not anymore true when the application runs on a kernel
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newer than approximately 2.1.60.
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LinuxThreads library.
1998-03-11 00:42 Wolfram Gloger <wmglo@dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>
* linuxthreads/manager.c: Enable resetting of the thread
scheduling policy to SCHED_OTHER when the parent thread
has a different one.
1998-02-01 13:51 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/posix_opt.h: Define
_POSIX_ASYNCHRONOUS_IO.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Define bits for Unix98 variants of
mutexes.
* mutex.c: Implement new mutex types.
* internals.h: Include <signal.h>.
* libpthread.map: Add __erno_location and __h_errno_location.
* errno.c: Return pointer to variable actually in use. This might
not be the one in the thread structure.
* internals.h (struct _pthread_descr_struct): Add new fields p_errnop
and p_h_errnop.
* manager.c (__pthread_manager): Set p_errnop and p_h_errnop member
of manager thread structure.
(pthread_handle_create): Set p_errnop and p_h_errnop members for new
thread.
* pthread.c: Adapt initializer for thread structures.
(__pthread_initial_thread): Set p_errnop and p_h_errnop member.
(__pthread_reset_main_thread): Reset p_errnop and p_h_errnop of
current thread to global variables.
1998-01-31 17:27 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* rwlock.c: New file.
* Makefile (libpthread-routines): Add rwlock.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Define data structures and declare
functions.
* libpthread.map: Add new functions.
1997-12-18 13:50 Philip Blundell <pb@nexus.co.uk>
* sysdeps/arm/pt-machine.h: New file; add ARM support.
* sysdeps/arm/Implies: likewise.
* README: Document it.
1997-12-13 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* signals.c: Remove unneeded initializer for sigwaited, saving a
1997-04-11 01:18 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* semaphore.c (sem_init): Set sem_spinlock only if available.
1997-12-04 01:48 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* mutex.c: Implement PTHREAD_MUTEX_CHECKERROR.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Define PTHREAD_MUTEX_CHECKERROR.
* Makefile: Update from LinuxThreads 0.7.
* internals.h. Likewise.
* manager.c: Likewise.
* mutex.c: Likewise.
* pthread.c: Likewise.
* signals.c: Likewise.
* specific.c: Likewise.
* Examples/ex3.c: Likewise.
1997-11-20 18:13 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* pthread.c (__pthread_reset_main_thread): Close pipe only if still
open.
1997-10-29 05:38 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* wrapsyscall.c: Add socket functions which are also cancelation
points.
1997-10-19 21:40 Wolfram Gloger <wg@wolfram.dent.med.uni-muenchen.de>
* specific.c (__libc_internal_tsd_set, __libc_internal_tsd_get):
New functions for fast thread specific data within libc.
* internals.h: Add new array p_libc_specific to struct
_pthread_descr_struct.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/libc-lock.h: Declare new functions.
1997-10-13 05:39 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* semaphore.h: Add __BEGIN_DECLS/__END_DECLS.
Reported by Ralf Corsepius <corsepiu@faw.uni-ulm.de>.
1997-08-29 03:05 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* internals.h (struct _pthread_descr_struct): Add definitions for
two-level specific key handling.
* manager.c (pthread_handle_create): Initialize specific memory array.
* specific.c: Implement two-level key handling.
* weaks.c: Don't provide dummy key handling.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/libc-lock.h: Typedef __libc_lock_t (no #define).
Add definition of __libc_key_t.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/local_lim.h: Define PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX
as 1024.
Add definition of _POSIX_THREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS and
PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS.
* manager.c (pthread_handle_create): Compare mmap result with
MAP_FAILED.
* ptfork.c: Rename to __pthread_atfork and make old name a weak alias.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/pthread.h: Add prototype for __pthread_atfork.
1997-08-22 19:04 Richard Henderson <rth@cygnus.com>
sysdeps/sparc -> sysdeps/sparc/sparc32
sysdeps/sparc64 -> sysdeps/sparc/sparc64
* internals.h: Change definition of THREAD_SELF to be an expression,
not a statement that did a return.
* sysdeps/alpha/pt-machine.h (THREAD_SELF): Update accordingly.
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/pt-machine.h (THREAD_SELF, INIT_THREAD_SELF):
Follow Solaris and use a "system reserved" register (%g6) to hold
the thread descriptor.
* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/pt-machine.h: Likewise.
1997-08-03 00:09 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* mutex.c: Correct pthread_once. Patch by Xavier Leroy.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Add prototype for __pthread_once.
* sysdeps/pthread/bits/pthread.h: Add macros for __libc_once.
* semaphore.c: Include spinlock.h only when needed.
* specific.c (__pthread_setsepcific, __pthread_getspecific): Reject
keys for entries not in use.
* weaks.c: Implement key handling functions for real.
1997-06-29 01:04 Richard Henderson <richard@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
Initial sparc64-linux support:
* linuxthreads/sysdeps/sparc64/Implies: New file.
* linuxthreads/sysdeps/sparc64/pt-machine.h: Likewise.
1997-06-29 00:48 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* semaphore.c: Include spinlock.h at correct place.
Patch by HJ Lu.
1997-06-13 10:06 Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
The Great Bit File Move:
* sysdeps/alpha/semaphorebits.h: -> .../bits/semaphore.h.
* sysdeps/powerpc/semaphorebits.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/cmpxchg/semaphorebits.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/no-cmpxchg/semaphorebits.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/libc-lock.h: -> bits/
* sysdeps/pthread/stdio-lock.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/local_lim.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/posix_opt.h: Likewise.
* semaphore.h: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Likewise.
* lockfile.c: <foo.h> -> <bits/foo.h>.
* semaphore.h: Likewise.
* Makefile: (headers): foo.h -> bits/foo.h.
* sysdeps/pthread/Makefile: Likewise.
1997-04-11 01:18 Andreas Schwab <schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de>
* semaphore.c (sem_init): Set sem_spinlock only if available.
* sysdeps/m68k/pt-machine.h (testandset, __compare_and_swap): Fix
asm constraints.
1997-04-09 03:00 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
Update from LinuxThreads 0.6.
* attr.c (pthread_attr_getdetachstate): Use __sched_get_priority_max
and __sched_get_priority_min instead of names without `__'.
* manager.c: Rewrite large parts to implement opaque pthread_t.
* cancel.c: Adapt for opaque pthread_t type.
* condvar.c: Likewise.
* errno.c: Likewise.
* join.c: Likewise.
* mutex.c: Likewise.
* pthread.c: Likewise.
* signals.c: Likewise.
* specific.c: Likewise.
* restart.h: Likewise.
* queue.h: Likewise.
* Examples/ex3.c: Likewise.
* Examples/ex4.c: Likewise.
* sysdeps/pthread/pthread.h: Likewise.
* pthread.c: Accumulate time for all threads in thread manager.
* semaphore.c: Implement fallback implementation for architectures
sometimes missing compare-exchange operations.
* cancel.c (pthread_cancel): Validate handle argument.
* join.c (pthread_join): Likewise.
(pthread_detach): Likewise.
* signals.c (pthread_kill): Likewise.
* spinlock.h (acquire): Use __sched_yield not sched_yield.
* queue.h (enqueue): Enqueue thread according to priority.
* internals.c (struct pthread_start_args): New struct for passing
args to cloning function.
(struct _pthread): Rename to _pthread_descr_struct and adapt for
opaque pthread_t.
* Examples/Makefile (clean): Pass -f option to rm.
* sysdeps/i386/pt-machine.h: Add check for compare-exchange instruction
and define TEST_FOR_COMPARE_AND_SWAP.
* sysdeps/i386/i486/pt-machine.h: Removed.
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/local_lim.h (PTHREAD_THREADS_MAX): Increase
to 1024.
1997-04-04 16:38 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* restart.h (suspend): Clear p_signal before suspending.
(suspend_with_cancellation): Likewise.
Patch by Xavier Leroy <Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr>.
* weaks.c: Make __pthread_key_create return 1.
* sysdeps/pthread/libc-lock.h: Define __libc_key_create,
__libc_getspecific, __libc_setspecific, and __libc_key_t.
* sysdeps/pthread/stdio-lock.h: Don't care for implementation not
using libio.
1997-03-19 15:13 Miguel de Icaza <miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx>
* sysdeps/sparc/pt-machine (RELEASE): Fix.
1997-03-01 07:55 Geoff Keating <geoffk@ozemail.com.au>
* sysdeps/powerpc/Implies: Added.
* sysdeps/powerpc/pt-machine.h: Added.
* sysdeps/powerpc/semaphorebits.h: Added.
1997-01-22 01:22 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>
* linuxtheads/pthread.c (__pthread_initial_thread): Correct
initializer.
(__pthread_manager_thread): Likewise.
Reported by Andreas Jaeger.
1997-01-18 22:15 Richard Henderson <rth@tamu.edu>
Since sigset_t no longer fits in a register, we can't pass in the
thread's initial mask so easily. Take this opportunity to simplify
the clone implementation by only accepting a single void* argument.
* linuxthreads/manager.c (__pthread_manager): Put thread vitals
in the thread struct instead of as arguments through clone.
(pthread_start_thread): Look for them there.
* linuxthreads/internals.h (struct _pthread): Add p_initial_fn,
p_initial_fn_arg, p_initial_mask. Fix __pthread_manager proto.
* linuxthreads/pthread.c (pthread_initialize_manager): Revise
clone invocation.
1998-03-11 20:42:25 +08:00
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- The stacks for the threads are allocated high in the memory space,
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below the stack of the initial process, and spaced 2M apart.
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Stacks are allocated with the "grow on demand" flag, so they don't
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use much virtual space initially (4k, currently), but can grow
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up to 2M if needed.
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Reserving such a large address space for each thread means that,
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on a 32-bit architecture, no more than about 1000 threads can
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coexist (assuming a 2Gb address space for user processes),
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but this is reasonable, since each thread uses up one entry in the
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kernel's process table, which is usually limited to 512 processes.
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Another potential problem of the "grow on demand" scheme is that
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nothing prevents the user from mmap'ing something in the 2M address
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window reserved for a thread stack, possibly causing later extensions of
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that stack to fail. Mapping at fixed addresses should be avoided
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when using this library.
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- Signal handling does not fully conform to the Posix standard,
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due to the fact that threads are here distinct processes that can be
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sent signals individually, so there's no notion of sending a signal
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to "the" process (the collection of all threads).
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More precisely, here is a summary of the standard requirements
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and how they are met by the implementation:
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1- Synchronous signals (generated by the thread execution, e.g. SIGFPE)
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are delivered to the thread that raised them.
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(OK.)
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2- A fatal asynchronous signal terminates all threads in the process.
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(OK. The thread manager notices when a thread dies on a signal
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and kills all other threads with the same signal.)
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3- An asynchronous signal will be delivered to one of the threads
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of the program which does not block the signal (it is unspecified
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which).
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(No, the signal is delivered to the thread it's been sent to,
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based on the pid of the thread. If that thread is currently
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blocking the signal, the signal remains pending.)
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4- The signal will be delivered to at most one thread.
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(OK, except for signals generated from the terminal or sent to
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the process group, which will be delivered to all threads.)
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- The current implementation of the MIPS support assumes a MIPS ISA II
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processor or better. These processors support atomic operations by
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ll/sc instructions. Older R2000/R3000 series processors are not
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supported yet; support for these will have higher overhead.
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- The current implementation of the ARM support assumes that the SWP
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(atomic swap register with memory) instruction is available. This is
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the case for all processors except for the ARM1 and ARM2. On StrongARM,
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the SWP instruction does not bypass the cache, so multi-processor support
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will be more troublesome.
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