Re: [PATCH v2 05/11] Remove __sinit_locks / __sinit_recursive_mutex

Sebastian Huber <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lib.newlib
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On 12/05/2022 15:25, Torbjorn SVENSSON via Newlib wrote:
> What about the retargetable locking scheme?
> Should the mutex __sinit_recursive_mutex be removed from newlib/libc/misc/lock.c too?

Yes, we should this dummy mutex.

> Without removing the mutex, I suppose there would be a mutex that is never used in the system.
> Removing the mutex would pose an API break as I assume that the functions defined in newlib/libc/include/sys/lock.h (and implemented in newlib/libc/misc/lock.c) are to be considered API as it's the functions that the application needs to provide in order to ensure newlib is thread safe.

It shouldn't hurt if a lock implementer provides an unused mutex.

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