[PATCH] Don't do lock elision on an error checking mutex (bug 17514)
Aurelien Jarno
aurelien@aurel32.net
Sat Jan 23 21:59:00 GMT 2016
On 2016-01-14 12:49, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Error checking mutexes are not supposed to be subject to lock elision.
> That would defeat the error checking nature of the mutex because lock
> elision doesn't record ownership.
>
> [BZ #17514]
> * nptl/pthread_mutex_timedlock.c (pthread_mutex_timedlock)
> <case PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP>: Don't do lock elision.
> * nptl/Makefile (tests): Add tst-mutex-errorcheck.
> * nptl/tst-mutex-errorcheck.c: New file.
> ---
> nptl/Makefile | 2 +-
> nptl/pthread_mutex_timedlock.c | 3 ++-
> nptl/tst-mutex-errorcheck.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 3 files changed, 61 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 nptl/tst-mutex-errorcheck.c
Thanks for the patch. I confirm it fixes the error reported in bugs
nptl/17514 and nptl/19515.
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