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[Bug linuxthreads/3597] Possible race condition in pthread_exit() function resulting in core dump.


------- Additional Comments From drow at false dot org  2006-11-27 18:03 -------
Subject: Re:  New: Possible race condition in pthread_exit() function resulting in core dump.

On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 05:48:42PM -0000, rsomla at mysql dot com wrote:
> Suggested fix: declare libgcc_s_getcfa and/or libgcc_s_forcedunwind variables
> volatile to prevent keeping them in processor registers or disable context
> switches during pthread_exit() execution.

This is NPTL, not LinuxThreads - anything in the "tls" subdirectory is
NPTL.

I imagine that you have found the bug which was described here:
  http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2644

Several patches were committed to fix this.  I recommend you obtain a
more recent version of glibc to test.



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