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Re: Another LinuxThreads bug.
- To: Xavier Leroy <Xavier dot Leroy at inria dot fr>
- Subject: Re: Another LinuxThreads bug.
- From: Kaz Kylheku <kaz at ashi dot footprints dot net>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:49:50 -0800 (PST)
- cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Xavier Leroy wrote:
> That's an interesting twist! I have no solution to offer right now,
> but I believe Butenhof's book contains an implementation of RW locks
> in terms of basic POSIX primitives. That could give us some clues
> (although it could be that he simply doesn't implement writer
> preferencing).
... or, more likely, that he doesn't support recursive read locks. We know how
Dave feels about recursive locks. I don't have a book, but I can look at
it in a bookstore, which I will be sure to do at the earliest opportunity
in case it contains some additional insights.