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Re: [PATCH] glibc 2.2.94 - hppa - pthreads support
>
> > diff -urN libc/linuxthreads/oldsemaphore.c libc/linuxthreads/oldsemaphore.c
> > --- libc/linuxthreads/oldsemaphore.c Wed Nov 14 09:47:09 2001
> > +++ libc/linuxthreads/oldsemaphore.c Wed Nov 14 09:43:58 2001
> > @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
> > errno = ENOSYS;
> > return -1;
> > }
> > - sem->sem_spinlock = __LT_SPINLOCK_INIT;
> > + sem->sem_spinlock = __ATOMIC_LOCK_INIT;
> > sem->sem_status = ((long)value << 1) + 1;
> > return 0;
>
> This part and all that are similar are bogus.
>
> __LT_SPINLOCK_INIT was introduced explicitly for PA. EIther you
> misunderstoof this or you're deliberately renaming something. The
> latter will not happen. Only the absolute minimum of changes is going in.
>
Ulrich,
I was unaware of the history or purpose behind the name change.
I shall revert the renaming of __LT_SPINLOCK_INIT.
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