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From: sysmaint@contek.com (Douglas Wells)
Cc: Douglas Wells <sysmaint@contek.com>, freebsd-threads@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: threads/115211: pthread_atfork misbehaves in initial
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> On Mon, 27 Aug 2007, Douglas Wells wrote:
> 
> > Yes, I can verify that using:
> > 	-pthread => erroneous behavior
> > 	-lthr => expected behavior
> > on my installation of 6.2.
> 
> The problem is that the program isn't threaded yet.  I'm not sure if
> this is really a problem since pthread_atfork() is used to protect
> and initialize data when a multi-threaded program forks.  If the
> program isn't threaded, is there really a need to do this?

No, I did not actually encounter this problem in a real program.  I came
upon it based upon a discussion elsewhere.  When I encountered the problem
on FreeBSD, I reported it with low priority.

> That said, it should work regardless.

Exactly.

> DE

 - dmw