Re: nptl 0.30

"Alexander Terekhov" <[email protected]> schrieb am 18.03.03 21:33:10:
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> Ulrich Drepper <[email protected]> schrieb am 18.03.03 19:53:59:
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> > Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > >>Just invert those lines to :
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> > >>lll_mutex_unlock (cbuffer->cond->__data.__lock); /* much better to call
> > >>futex_wake() with the mutex unlocked */
> > >>lll_futex_wake (futex, INT_MAX);
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> > > I think that it's sufficient to wake just one single thread 
> > > here (in cleanup() for async.cancel region "wrapping" futex 
> > > wait(); I guess).
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> > No, it's not sufficient.  There might be a thread which cannot be woken
> > because it arrived after the cond_signal o broadcast which might be woken.
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> I don't understand this. Would you please elaborate?

I think now I understand.

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> > Again, this is cancellation we are talking about.  It is not a regular
> > programming tool, it's far too costly.  It's used in exception
> > situations only.
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> Basically, I mean: < illustration >
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> http://www.terekhov.de/DESIGN-futex-CV.txt-with-async.cancelable-wait.txt

Ulrich, I've applied the patch now. Thanks. ;-)

regards,
alexander.

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