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Re: [PATCH][BZ #16145] Reduce lock contention in __tz_convert()
- From: Kevin Easton <kevin at guarana dot org>
- To: Paul Eggert <eggert at cs dot ucla dot edu>
- Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 23:44:18 +1100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH][BZ #16145] Reduce lock contention in __tz_convert()
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On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 11:45:18AM -0800, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 02/25/2015 11:11 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >blah, i was thinking it was a local. man i hate global state
>
> Me too. Is this a good time to mention the project to add to glibc
> thread-safe TZ functions, a la the reference TZ code? They don't
> have global state.
>
> https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Development_Todo/Master#MT-Safe_and_TZ-aware_functions
Yes - that should share a lot of code, I'll keep that in mind.
Are those functions on the POSIX standardisation radar?
- Kevin