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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.
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Linuxthreads - POSIX 1003.1c kernel threads for Linux
Copyright 1996, 1997 Xavier Leroy (Xavier.Leroy@inria.fr)
DESCRIPTION:
This is release 0.7 (late beta) of LinuxThreads, a BiCapitalized
implementation of the Posix 1003.1c "pthread" interface for Linux.
LinuxThreads provides kernel-level threads: each thread is a separate
Unix process, sharing its address space with the other threads through
the new system call clone(). Scheduling between threads is handled by
the kernel scheduler, just like scheduling between Unix processes.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Linux version 2.0 and up (requires the new clone() system call
and the new realtime scheduler).
- For Intel platforms: libc 5.2.18 or later is required.
5.2.18 or 5.4.12 or later are recommended;
5.3.12 and 5.4.7 have problems (see the FAQ.html file for more info).
- Also supports glibc 2 (a.k.a. libc 6), which actually comes with
a specially-adapted version of this library.
- Currently supports Intel, Alpha, Sparc, Motorola 68k, ARM and MIPS
platforms.
- Multiprocessors are supported.
INSTALLATION:
- Edit the Makefile, set the variables in the "Configuration" section.
- Do "make".
- Do "make install".
USING LINUXTHREADS:
gcc -D_REENTRANT ... -lpthread
A complete set of manual pages is included. Also see the subdirectory
Examples/ for some sample programs.
STATUS:
- All functions in the Posix 1003.1c base interface implemented.
Also supports priority scheduling.
- For users of libc 5 (H.J.Lu's libc), a number of C library functions
are reimplemented or wrapped to make them thread-safe, including:
* malloc functions
* stdio functions (define _REENTRANT before including <stdio.h>)
* per-thread errno variable (define _REENTRANT before including <errno.h>)
* directory reading functions (opendir(), etc)
* sleep()
* gmtime(), localtime()
New library functions provided:
* flockfile(), funlockfile(), ftrylockfile()
* reentrant versions of network database functions (gethostbyname_r(), etc)
and password functions (getpwnam_r(), etc).
- libc 6 (glibc 2) provides much better thread support than libc 5,
and comes with a specially-adapted version of LinuxThreads.
For serious multithreaded programming, you should consider switching
to glibc 2. It is available from ftp.gnu.org:/pub/gnu and its mirrors.
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.
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WARNING:
Many existing libraries are not compatible with LinuxThreads,
either because they are not inherently thread-safe, or because they
have not been compiled with the -D_REENTRANT. For more info, see the
FAQ.html file in this directory.
A prime example of the latter is Xlib. If you link it with
LinuxThreads, you'll probably get an "unknown 0 error" very
early. This is just a consequence of the Xlib binaries using the
global variable "errno" to fetch error codes, while LinuxThreads and
the C library use the per-thread "errno" location.
See the file README.Xfree3.3 for info on how to compile the Xfree 3.3
libraries to make them compatible with LinuxThreads.
KNOWN BUGS AND LIMITATIONS:
- Threads share pretty much everything they should share according
to the standard: memory space, file descriptors, signal handlers,
current working directory, etc. One thing that they do not share
is their pid's and parent pid's. According to the standard, they
should have the same, but that's one thing we cannot achieve
in this implementation (until the CLONE_PID flag to clone() becomes
usable).
- The current implementation uses the two signals SIGUSR1 and SIGUSR2,
so user-level code cannot employ them. Ideally, there should be two
signals reserved for this library. One signal is used for restarting
threads blocked on mutexes or conditions; the other is for thread
cancellation.
*** This is not anymore true when the application runs on a kernel
newer than approximately 2.1.60.
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.
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- The stacks for the threads are allocated high in the memory space,
below the stack of the initial process, and spaced 2M apart.
Stacks are allocated with the "grow on demand" flag, so they don't
use much virtual space initially (4k, currently), but can grow
up to 2M if needed.
Reserving such a large address space for each thread means that,
on a 32-bit architecture, no more than about 1000 threads can
coexist (assuming a 2Gb address space for user processes),
but this is reasonable, since each thread uses up one entry in the
kernel's process table, which is usually limited to 512 processes.
Another potential problem of the "grow on demand" scheme is that
nothing prevents the user from mmap'ing something in the 2M address
window reserved for a thread stack, possibly causing later extensions of
that stack to fail. Mapping at fixed addresses should be avoided
when using this library.
- Signal handling does not fully conform to the Posix standard,
due to the fact that threads are here distinct processes that can be
sent signals individually, so there's no notion of sending a signal
to "the" process (the collection of all threads).
More precisely, here is a summary of the standard requirements
and how they are met by the implementation:
1- Synchronous signals (generated by the thread execution, e.g. SIGFPE)
are delivered to the thread that raised them.
(OK.)
2- A fatal asynchronous signal terminates all threads in the process.
(OK. The thread manager notices when a thread dies on a signal
and kills all other threads with the same signal.)
3- An asynchronous signal will be delivered to one of the threads
of the program which does not block the signal (it is unspecified
which).
(No, the signal is delivered to the thread it's been sent to,
based on the pid of the thread. If that thread is currently
blocking the signal, the signal remains pending.)
4- The signal will be delivered to at most one thread.
(OK, except for signals generated from the terminal or sent to
the process group, which will be delivered to all threads.)
- The current implementation of the MIPS support assumes a MIPS ISA II
processor or better. These processors support atomic operations by
ll/sc instructions. Older R2000/R3000 series processors are not
supported yet; support for these will have higher overhead.
- The current implementation of the ARM support assumes that the SWP
(atomic swap register with memory) instruction is available. This is
the case for all processors except for the ARM1 and ARM2. On StrongARM,
the SWP instruction does not bypass the cache, so multi-processor support
will be more troublesome.