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RE: Patch to mutex.c
- To: Neale dot Ferguson at SoftwareAG-USA dot com
- Subject: RE: Patch to mutex.c
- From: Kaz Kylheku <kaz at ashi dot footprints dot net>
- Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 10:19:06 -0700 (PDT)
- cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 Neale.Ferguson@SoftwareAG-USA.com wrote:
> Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:14:02 -0400
> From: Neale.Ferguson@SoftwareAG-USA.com
> To: libc-alpha@sources.redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Patch to mutex.c
>
> Further to the behavior of RECURSIVE mutexes. The man file does indicate the
> unpredictable nature of unlocking and non-locked mutex. I noted several
> exchanges on this list on the subject of man pages versus the standard.
> According to the standard:
By golly, you are right! The Single UNIX Specification does, in fact, require
recursive mutexes to have error checking properties. This needs to be fixed.
Thank you for pointing out this omission.