On Nov 6 16:30, Corinna Vinschen wrote: > On Nov 6 15:12, Bruno Haible wrote: > > Hi, > > > > In the test program below, pthread_key_create is failing with return value > > EBUSY with no good reason. > > [...] > > The Cygwin version that I'm using is: > > $ grep VERSION /usr/include/cygwin/version.h | head -2 > > #define CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MAJOR 1005 > > #define CYGWIN_VERSION_DLL_MINOR 19 > > Time to update. > > However, regardless of the version you're using, it's a bug in Cygwin. > The pthread_key_create function checks the incoming pthread_key_t pointer > for being a valid object already and,if so, bails out with EBUSY. This > is arguably wrong, as your example shows, which reuses pthread_key_t > slots already used before. Besides, EBUSY isn't defined as a valid > error code returned by pthread_key_create.
Heh, I just re-read the whole discussion at http://www.mail-archive.com/cygwin%40cygwin.com/msg49835.html again, and it's interesting how the point of view changes with another testcase. Pity. Returning EBUSY really looked like a good idea. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
