[PATCH 5/5] [gdb/symtab] Fix data race on per_cu->lang

[Tom de Vries]

On 7/4/22 20:30, Tom Tromey wrote:
>>>>>> "Tom" == Tom de Vries <tdevries@suse.de> writes:
> Tom> Fix this by guarding the write with a lock.
> 
> I would rather we avoid locks.  Ideally the existing exclusion mechanism
> should be made to work, but if that fails, perhaps we can use another
> atomic.

I gave a different approach a try: eliminating the field.

That seems to work reasonably well, apart from one specific usage that I 
disabled (mentioned in commit message).

I'm not sure this is a good idea though, but I thought I could at least 
post it.  Currently testing.

Thanks,
- Tom

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