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# 259065 07-Dec-2013 gjb

- Copy stable/10 (r259064) to releng/10.0 as part of the
10.0-RELEASE cycle.
- Update __FreeBSD_version [1]
- Set branch name to -RC1

[1] 10.0-CURRENT __FreeBSD_version value ended at '55', so
start releng/10.0 at '100' so the branch is started with
a value ending in zero.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

# 256281 10-Oct-2013 gjb

Copy head (r256279) to stable/10 as part of the 10.0-RELEASE cycle.

Approved by: re (implicit)
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation


# 174112 30-Nov-2007 deischen

WARNS=3'ify.


# 172491 09-Oct-2007 obrien

Repo copy libpthreads to libkse.
This introduces the WITHOUT_LIBKSE nob,
and changes WITHOUT_LIBPTHREADS to mean with neither threading libs.
Approved by: re(kensmith)


# 165967 12-Jan-2007 imp

Remove 3rd clause, renumber, ok per email


# 136846 23-Oct-2004 davidxu

1. Move thread list flags into new separate member, and atomically
put DEAD thread on GC list, this closes a race between pthread_join
and thr_cleanup.
2. Introduce a mutex to protect tcb initialization, tls allocation and
deallocation code in rtld seems no lock protection or it is broken,
under stress testing, memory is corrupted.

Reviewed by: deischen
patch partly provided by: deischen


# 117706 17-Jul-2003 davidxu

o Eliminate upcall for PTHREAD_SYSTEM_SCOPE thread, now it
is system bound thread and when it is blocked, no upcall is generated.

o Add ability to libkse to allow it run in pure 1:1 threading mode,
defining SYSTEM_SCOPE_ONLY in Makefile can turn on this option.

o Eliminate code for installing dummy signal handler for sigwait call.

o Add hash table to find thread.

Reviewed by: deischen


# 115278 24-May-2003 deischen

Change low-level locking a bit so that we can tell if
a lock is being waitied on.

Fix a races in join and cancellation.

When trying to wait on a CV and the library is not yet
threaded, make it threaded so that waiting actually works.

When trying to nanosleep() and we're not threaded, just
call the system call nanosleep instead of adding the thread
to the wait queue.

Clean up adding/removing new threads to the "all threads queue",
assigning them unique ids, and tracking how many active threads
there are. Do it all when the thread is added to the scheduling
queue instead of making pthread_create() know how to do it.

Fix a race where a thread could be marked for signal delivery
but it could be exited before we actually add the signal to it.

Other minor cleanups and bug fixes.

Submitted by: davidxu
Approved by: re@ (blanket for libpthread)


# 114187 28-Apr-2003 deischen

o Don't add a scope system thread's KSE to the list of available
KSEs when it's thread exits; allow the GC handler to do that.

o Make spinlock/spinlock critical regions.

The following were submitted by davidxu

o Alow thr_switch() to take a null mailbox argument.

o Better protect cancellation checks.

o Don't set KSE specific data when creating new KSEs; rely on the
first upcall of the KSE to set it.

o Add the ability to set the maximum concurrency level and do this
automatically. We should have a way to enable/disable this with
some sort of tunable because some applications may not want this
to be the default.

o Hold the scheduling lock across thread switch calls.

o If scheduling of a thread fails, make sure to remove it from the list
of active threads.

o Better protect accesses to a joining threads when the target thread is
exited and detached.

o Remove some macro definitions that are now provided by <sys/kse.h>.

o Don't leave the library in threaded mode if creation of the initial
KSE fails.

o Wakeup idle KSEs when there are threads ready to run.

o Maintain the number of threads active in the priority queue.


# 113661 18-Apr-2003 deischen

Sorry folks; I accidentally committed a patch from what I was working
on a couple of days ago. This should be the most recent changes.

Noticed by: davidxu


# 113658 18-Apr-2003 deischen

Revamp libpthread so that it has a chance of working in an SMP
environment. This includes support for multiple KSEs and KSEGs.

The ability to create more than 1 KSE via pthread_setconcurrency()
is in the works as well as support for PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM threads.
Those should come shortly.

There are still some known issues which davidxu and I are working
on, but it'll make it easier for us by committing what we have.

This library now passes all of the ACE tests that libc_r passes
with the exception of one. It also seems to work OK with KDE
including konqueror, kwrite, etc. I haven't been able to get
mozilla to run due to lack of java plugin, so I'd be interested
to see how it works with that.

Reviewed by: davidxu


# 103388 16-Sep-2002 mini

Make the changes needed for libpthread to compile in its new home.
The new libpthread will provide POSIX threading support using KSE.
These files were previously repo-copied from src/lib/libc_r.

Reviewed by: deischen
Approved by: -arch


# 78873 27-Jun-2001 jasone

Fix a race condition in pthread_join(). All of the following must occur
atomically:

1) Search _thread_list for the thread to join.
2) Search _dead_list for the thread to join.
3) Set the running thread as the joiner.

While we're at it, fix a race in the case where multiple threads try to
join on the same thread. POSIX says that the behavior of multiple joiners
is undefined, but the fix is cheap as a result of the other fix.


# 71581 24-Jan-2001 deischen

Add weak definitions for wrapped system calls. In general:

_foo - wrapped system call
foo - weak definition to _foo

and for cancellation points:

_foo - wrapped system call
__foo - enter cancellation point, call _foo(), leave
cancellation point
foo - weak definition to __foo

Change use of global _thread_run to call a function to get the
currently running thread.

Make all pthread_foo functions weak definitions to _pthread_foo,
where _pthread_foo is the implementation. This allows an application
to provide its own pthread functions.

Provide slightly different versions of pthread_mutex_lock and
pthread_mutex_init so that we can tell the difference between
a libc mutex and an application mutex. Threads holding mutexes
internal to libc should never be allowed to exit, call signal
handlers, or cancel.

Approved by: -arch


# 50476 27-Aug-1999 peter

$Id$ -> $FreeBSD$


# 49439 05-Aug-1999 deischen

Add RCS IDs to those files without them.
Fix copyrights (s/REGENTS/AUTHOR).

Suggested by: tg
Approved by: jb


# 48046 20-Jun-1999 jb

In the words of the author:

o The polling mechanism for I/O readiness was changed from
select() to poll(). In additon, a wrapped version of poll()
is now provided.

o The wrapped select routine now converts each fd_set to a
poll array so that the thread scheduler doesn't have to
perform a bitwise search for selected fds each time file
descriptors are polled for I/O readiness.

o The thread scheduler was modified to use a new queue (_workq)
for threads that need work. Threads waiting for I/O readiness
and spinblocks are added to the work queue in addition to the
waiting queue. This reduces the time spent forming/searching
the array of file descriptors being polled.

o The waiting queue (_waitingq) is now maintained in order of
thread wakeup time. This allows the thread scheduler to
find the nearest wakeup time by looking at the first thread
in the queue instead of searching the entire queue.

o Removed file descriptor locking for select/poll routines. An
application should not rely on the threads library for providing
this locking; if necessary, the application should use mutexes
to protect selecting/polling of file descriptors.

o Retrieve and use the kernel clock rate/resolution at startup
instead of hardcoding the clock resolution to 10 msec (tested
with kernel running at 1000 HZ).

o All queues have been changed to use queue.h macros. These
include the queues of all threads, dead threads, and threads
waiting for file descriptor locks.

o Added reinitialization of the GC mutex and condition variable
after a fork. Also prevented reallocation of the ready queue
after a fork.

o Prevented the wrapped close routine from closing the thread
kernel pipes.

o Initialized file descriptor table for stdio entries at thread
init.

o Provided additional flags to indicate to what queues threads
belong.

o Moved TAILQ initialization for statically allocated mutex and
condition variables to after the spinlock.

o Added dispatching of signals to pthread_kill. Removing the
dispatching of signals from thread activation broke sigsuspend
when pthread_kill was used to send a signal to a thread.

o Temporarily set the state of a thread to PS_SUSPENDED when it
is first created and placed in the list of threads so that it
will not be accidentally scheduled before becoming a member
of one of the scheduling queues.

o Change the signal handler to queue signals to the thread kernel
pipe if the scheduling queues are protected. When scheduling
queues are unprotected, signals are then dequeued and handled.

o Ensured that all installed signal handlers block the scheduling
signal and that the scheduling signal handler blocks all
other signals. This ensures that the signal handler is only
interruptible for and by non-scheduling signals. An atomic
lock is used to decide which instance of the signal handler
will handle pending signals.

o Removed _lock_thread_list and _unlock_thread_list as they are
no longer used to protect the thread list.

o Added missing RCS IDs to modified files.

o Added checks for appropriate queue membership and activity when
adding, removing, and searching the scheduling queues. These
checks add very little overhead and are enabled when compiled
with _PTHREADS_INVARIANTS defined. Suggested and implemented
by Tor Egge with some modification by me.

o Close a race condition in uthread_close. (Tor Egge)

o Protect the scheduling queues while modifying them in
pthread_cond_signal and _thread_fd_unlock. (Tor Egge)

o Ensure that when a thread gets a mutex, the mutex is on that
threads list of owned mutexes. (Tor Egge)

o Set the kernel-in-scheduler flag in _thread_kern_sched_state
and _thread_kern_sched_state_unlock to prevent a scheduling
signal from calling the scheduler again. (Tor Egge)

o Don't use TAILQ_FOREACH macro while searching the waiting
queue for threads in a sigwait state, because a change of
state destroys the TAILQ link. It is actually safe to do
so, though, because once a sigwaiting thread is found, the
loop ends and the function returns. (Tor Egge)

o When dispatching signals to threads, make the thread inherit
the signal deferral flag of the currently running thread.
(Tor Egge)

Submitted by: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> and
Tor Egge <Tor.Egge@fast.no>


# 39807 30-Sep-1998 jb

Move the cleanup code that frees memory allocated for a dead thread from
the thread kernel into a garbage collector thread which is started when
the fisrt thread is created (other than the initial thread). This
removes the window of opportunity where a context switch will cause a
thread that has locked the malloc spinlock, to enter the thread kernel,
find there is a dead thread and try to free memory, therefore trying
to lock the malloc spinlock against itself.

The garbage collector thread acts just like any other thread, so
instead of having a spinlock to control accesses to the dead thread
list, it uses a mutex and a condition variable so that it can happily
wait to be signalled when a thread exists.


# 35509 29-Apr-1998 jb

Change signal model to match POSIX (i.e. one set of signal handlers
for the process, not a separate set for each thread). By default, the
process now only has signal handlers installed for SIGVTALRM, SIGINFO
and SIGCHLD. The thread kernel signal handler is installed for other
signals on demand. This means that SIG_IGN and SIG_DFL processing is now
left to the kernel, not the thread kernel.

Change the signal dispatch to no longer use a signal thread, and
call the signal handler using the stack of the thread that has the
signal pending.

Change the atomic lock method to use test-and-set asm code with
a yield if blocked. This introduces separate locks for each type
of object instead of blocking signals to prevent a context
switch. It was this blocking of signals that caused the performance
degradation the people have noted.

This is a *big* change!