[PATCTH 0/2] pthread_mutexattr_setrobust() and pthread_mutex_consistent()

[Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)]

Hello Yubin,

[...]
> +.B PTHREAD_MUTEX_ROBUST
> +can be set on a mutex attribute object so that when the owner of the mutex
> +dies or when the process containing such a locked mutex performs
> +.IR execve (2)
> +, any future attempts to call
> +.IR pthread_mutex_lock (3)
> +on this mutex will suceed and return
> +.B EOWNERDEAD
> +to indicate that the original owner no longer exists and the mutex is left in
> +an inconsistent state. 
How did you verify the point regarding execve(2)? I don't see this
detailed mentioned in the standards or in the glibc source.

Cheers,

Michael

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