Quoting Samuel Thibault (2014-08-27 21:53:39) > Hello, > > Justus Winter, le Mon 05 May 2014 14:10:48 +0200, a écrit : > > I believe I have found two problems in the glibc. > > > > 1. hurd_check_cancel takes 'lock', and then asserts that > > 'critical_section_lock' is not taken. However, hurd_thread_cancel > > first takes 'critical_section_lock' and then 'lock'. This program > > demonstrates this by spinning on both functions. > > Indeed, it's another instance of the issue worked around in > t/thread-cancel. Roland, this is the reproducer you were asking for in > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2006-08/msg00019.html
This problem also blocks a patch I have that introduces more fine-graded locking into libpager (or libports...? or both...). Justus
