Re: [LIP] NPTL behaviour differences
Arun Sharma <[email protected]>
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On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 10:27:17PM +0530, Shantanu Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > Has anybody tried out using NPTL on 2.6 or the patched 2.4 branch that > came with RH9 onwards? I was wondering what are the behaviour > differences compared to the "straight" kernel. And whether there's any > change in API? I heard it breaks some apps. > > Most importantly, what are the caveats or the important points to keep > in mind while coding with NPTL? Links will be appreciated. - Signal handling (you can send signals to a whole process now) - All threads in a process get the same return value for getpid() http://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl-design.pdf -Arun ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click