Fwd: problems with linuxthreads under your latest glibc 15C rpms

[Franz Sirl]

And rev 15d is uploaded now to devel.

Franz.

At 17:01 28.07.00, Hendricks, Kevin wrote:
>Thanks Franz!
>
>Kevin
>
>
> >Hi,
> >
> >this is a heads-up notice for distribution maintainers using the
> >glibc-2-1-branch. It seems the branch contains a threads bug introduced
> with:
> >
> >2000-03-16  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper at redhat.com>
> >
> >         * mutex.c (__pthread_mutex_lock): Always initialize __m_owner.
> >         (__pthread_mutex_trylock): Likewise.
> >         (__pthread_mutex_unlock): Always clear __m_owner.
> >
> >Check the appended message for details. I've added the patch to my source
> >tree, maybe someone finds time to check it in into the branch (yes, I know
> >that the branch is more or less dead :-) ).
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Franz.
> >
>
>--
>Kevin B. Hendricks, Associate Professor of Operations and Information
>Technology
>Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario
>London, Ontario  N6A-3K7  CANADA
>khendricks at ivey.uwo.ca, (519) 661-3874, fax: 519-661-3959


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