[PATCH 03/11] Add external interface changes: new lock types for pthread_mutex_t

Andi Kleen andi@firstfloor.org
Thu Jun 13 21:15:00 GMT 2013


> Please give PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT a new enum value, leaving
> PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL unchanged.  Next, don't use elision for
> PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL.

This would mean no elision for existing binaries.

I'm completely opposed to this. This would kill the major benefit
for even doing all of this in glibc.

-Andi



More information about the Libc-alpha mailing list