History log of /seL4-test-master/projects/musllibc/src/thread/pthread_testcancel.c
Revision Date Author Comments
# df7d0dfb 31-Aug-2014 Jens Gustedt <Jens.Gustedt@inria.fr>

use weak symbols for the POSIX functions that will be used by C threads

The intent of this is to avoid name space pollution of the C threads
implementation.

This has two sides to it. First we have to provide symbols that wouldn't
pollute the name space for the C threads implementation. Second we have
to clean up some internal uses of POSIX functions such that they don't
implicitly drag in such symbols.


# d96b12b7 06-Jul-2014 Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>

rework cancellation weak alias logic not to depend on archive order

if the order of object files in the static archive libc.a was not
respected by the linker, the old logic could wrongly cause POSIX
symbols outside of the ISO C namespace to be pulled into pure C
programs. this should not happen with well-behaved linkers, but
relying on the link order was a bad idea anyway.

files are renamed to better reflect their contents now that they don't
need names to control their order as members in the archive file.


# 98acf04f 06-Aug-2011 Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>

use weak aliases rather than function pointers to simplify some code


# feee9890 17-Apr-2011 Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>

overhaul pthread cancellation

this patch improves the correctness, simplicity, and size of
cancellation-related code. modulo any small errors, it should now be
completely conformant, safe, and resource-leak free.

the notion of entering and exiting cancellation-point context has been
completely eliminated and replaced with alternative syscall assembly
code for cancellable syscalls. the assembly is responsible for setting
up execution context information (stack pointer and address of the
syscall instruction) which the cancellation signal handler can use to
determine whether the interrupted code was in a cancellable state.

these changes eliminate race conditions in the previous generation of
cancellation handling code (whereby a cancellation request received
just prior to the syscall would not be processed, leaving the syscall
to block, potentially indefinitely), and remedy an issue where
non-cancellable syscalls made from signal handlers became cancellable
if the signal handler interrupted a cancellation point.

x86_64 asm is untested and may need a second try to get it right.


# 0b44a031 11-Feb-2011 Rich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>

initial check-in, version 0.5.0