Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:06:20 -0400 From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-src@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread/thread thr_mutex.c Message-ID: <20041031050620.GQ93831@green.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <200410310503.i9V53ofj011896@repoman.freebsd.org> References: <200410310503.i9V53ofj011896@repoman.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Oct 31, 2004 at 05:03:50AM +0000, Brian Feldman wrote: > green 2004-10-31 05:03:50 UTC > > FreeBSD src repository > > Modified files: > lib/libpthread/thread thr_mutex.c > Log: > Make pthread_mutex_trylock(3) return EBUSY on failure, as all software > packages expect and seems to be most correct according to the slightly- > ambiguous standards. > > MFC after: 1 month > Corroborated by: POSIX <http://tinyurl.com/4uvub>; > Reviewed by: silence on threads@ Software such as mozilla projects (using NSPR) and Java have been broken in various ways by this. We need to try to be more compatible with the most popular interpretation of the standards (instead of just inventing our own) -- usually we're pretty good about this. -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\
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