From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Dec 11 12:59:29 2000 From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 12:59:27 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from pcnet1.pcnet.com (pcnet1.pcnet.com [204.213.232.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC53A37B402 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 12:59:26 -0800 (PST) Received: (from eischen@localhost) by pcnet1.pcnet.com (8.8.7/PCNet) id PAA12661; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:59:01 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:59:00 -0500 (EST) From: Daniel Eischen To: Roman Shterenzon Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mysql: a lot of lost connections... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, Roman Shterenzon wrote: > David, I was talking about the libc_r (i.e. "mutex bug") bug and not the > one discussed in this thread - you were fooled by the subject, sorry for > not changing it. > I think that the pthread bug deserves its place in the ERRATA.TXT One note about the bug: If you are using POSIX mutexes (which don't provide hideous recursive mutexes as SUSv2 does), then you should only be bit by this bug under two circumstances: 1) the program is flawed and attempts to recursively lock a non-recursive mutex without expecting this possibility; 2) the program attempts to recursively lock a non-recursive mutex and expects a proper error message to be returned -- Dan Eischen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message