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diff --git a/nptl/TODO b/nptl/TODO new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..09392b1f88 --- /dev/null +++ b/nptl/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +- we should probably extend pthread_mutexattr_t with a field to create a + single linked list of all instances. This requires changing the + pthread_mutexattr_* functions. + + +- a new attribute for mutexes: number of times we spin before calling +sys_futex + + + +- in case a thread calls 'fork' the stacks of all the other threads in + the child process are currently list. Instead they should be recovered + and added to the stack cache. This can be done by adding another global + list (maybe one per cluster) which lists all running threads and which + is processed by the child branch of fork. All the stacks are simply + added to the stack cache. + + + +- test with threaded process terminating and semadj (?) being applied + only after all threads are gone + + +- raise sends the signal to calling thread or process? |