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-rw-r--r--nptl/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--nptl/sysdeps/pthread/createthread.c75
2 files changed, 26 insertions, 55 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/ChangeLog b/nptl/ChangeLog
index 10250ae3e9..abdd485a88 100644
--- a/nptl/ChangeLog
+++ b/nptl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2004-02-27 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+ * sysdeps/pthread/createthread.c (create_thread): Remove use of
+ CLONE_STOPPED. We cannot use SIGCONT which means CLONE_STOPPED
+ needs to be implemented differently to be useful.
+
2004-02-26 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* pthread_attr_setschedparam.c: Don't test priority against limits
diff --git a/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/createthread.c b/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/createthread.c
index 58a7b637a1..49383cf769 100644
--- a/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/createthread.c
+++ b/nptl/sysdeps/pthread/createthread.c
@@ -51,32 +51,26 @@ int *__libc_multiple_threads_ptr attribute_hidden;
static int
do_clone (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
- int clone_flags, int (*fct) (void *), STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS)
+ int clone_flags, int (*fct) (void *), STACK_VARIABLES_PARMS,
+ int stopped)
{
#ifdef PREPARE_CREATE
PREPARE_CREATE;
#endif
- /* Lame old kernels do not have CLONE_STOPPED support. For those do
- not pass the flag, not instead use the futex method. */
-#ifndef __ASSUME_CLONE_STOPPED
-# define final_clone_flags clone_flags & ~CLONE_STOPPED
- if (clone_flags & CLONE_STOPPED)
+ if (stopped)
/* We Make sure the thread does not run far by forcing it to get a
lock. We lock it here too so that the new thread cannot continue
until we tell it to. */
lll_lock (pd->lock);
-#else
-# define final_clone_flags clone_flags
-#endif
- if (ARCH_CLONE (fct, STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS, final_clone_flags,
+ if (ARCH_CLONE (fct, STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS, clone_flags,
pd, &pd->tid, TLS_VALUE, &pd->tid) == -1)
/* Failed. */
return errno;
/* Now we have the possibility to set scheduling parameters etc. */
- if (__builtin_expect ((clone_flags & CLONE_STOPPED) != 0, 0))
+ if (__builtin_expect (stopped != 0, 0))
{
INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
int res = 0;
@@ -97,20 +91,8 @@ do_clone (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
(void) INTERNAL_SYSCALL (tgkill, err2, 3,
THREAD_GETMEM (THREAD_SELF, pid),
pd->tid, SIGCANCEL);
-
-# ifdef __ASSUME_CLONE_STOPPED
- /* Then wake it up so that the signal can be processed. */
- (void) INTERNAL_SYSCALL (tgkill, err2, 3,
- THREAD_GETMEM (THREAD_SELF, pid),
- pd->tid, SIGCONT);
-# endif
#else
(void) INTERNAL_SYSCALL (tkill, err2, 2, pd->tid, SIGCANCEL);
-
-# ifdef __ASSUME_CLONE_STOPPED
- /* Then wake it up so that the signal can be processed. */
- (void) INTERNAL_SYSCALL (tkill, err2, 2, pd->tid, SIGCONT);
-# endif
#endif
return INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (res, err);
@@ -126,20 +108,6 @@ do_clone (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
if (__builtin_expect (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (res, err), 0))
goto err_out;
}
-
-#ifdef __ASSUME_CLONE_STOPPED
- /* Now start the thread for real. */
-# if __ASSUME_TGKILL
- res = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (tgkill, err, 3, THREAD_GETMEM (THREAD_SELF, pid),
- pd->tid, SIGCONT);
-# else
- res = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (tkill, err, 2, pd->tid, SIGCONT);
-# endif
-
- /* If something went wrong, kill the thread. */
- if (__builtin_expect (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (res, err), 0))
- goto err_out;
-#endif
}
/* We now have for sure more than one thread. The main thread might
@@ -198,13 +166,6 @@ create_thread (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
#endif
| 0);
- /* If the newly created threads has to be started stopped since we
- have to set the scheduling parameters or set the affinity we set
- the CLONE_STOPPED flag. */
- if (attr != NULL && (attr->cpuset != NULL
- || (attr->flags & ATTR_FLAG_NOTINHERITSCHED) != 0))
- clone_flags |= CLONE_STOPPED;
-
if (__builtin_expect (THREAD_GETMEM (THREAD_SELF, report_events), 0))
{
/* The parent thread is supposed to report events. Check whether
@@ -217,8 +178,8 @@ create_thread (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
{
/* Create the thread. We always create the thread stopped
so that it does not get far before we tell the debugger. */
- int res = do_clone (pd, attr, clone_flags | CLONE_STOPPED,
- start_thread, STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS);
+ int res = do_clone (pd, attr, clone_flags, start_thread,
+ STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS, 1);
if (res == 0)
{
/* Now fill in the information about the new thread in
@@ -247,20 +208,24 @@ create_thread (struct pthread *pd, const struct pthread_attr *attr,
}
#ifdef NEED_DL_SYSINFO
- assert (THREAD_SELF_SYSINFO == THREAD_SYSINFO(pd));
+ assert (THREAD_SELF_SYSINFO == THREAD_SYSINFO (pd));
#endif
+ /* Determine whether the newly created threads has to be started
+ stopped since we have to set the scheduling parameters or set the
+ affinity. */
+ int stopped = 0;
+ if (attr != NULL && (attr->cpuset != NULL
+ || (attr->flags & ATTR_FLAG_NOTINHERITSCHED) != 0))
+ stopped = 1;
+
/* Actually create the thread. */
int res = do_clone (pd, attr, clone_flags, start_thread,
- STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS);
+ STACK_VARIABLES_ARGS, stopped);
-#ifndef __ASSUME_CLONE_STOPPED
- if (res == 0 && (clone_flags & CLONE_STOPPED))
- {
- /* And finally restart the new thread. */
- lll_unlock (pd->lock);
- }
-#endif
+ if (res == 0 && stopped)
+ /* And finally restart the new thread. */
+ lll_unlock (pd->lock);
return res;
}