http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=51249
Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|UNCONFIRMED |ASSIGNED Last reconfirmed| |2011-11-21 AssignedTo|unassigned at gcc dot |amodra at gmail dot com |gnu.org | Ever Confirmed|0 |1 --- Comment #1 from Alan Modra <amodra at gmail dot com> 2011-11-21 03:07:04 UTC --- What's more, the mutex implementation has a similar problem. libgomp/config/linux/mutex.c gomp_mutex_lock_slow uses a value of 2 in the mutex to flag that threads are waiting on the mutex, similar to sem.c use of -1 in sem. When two or more threads are waiting it is possible to clear the flag, wake one thread but leave the other blocked forever.