Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:13:24 -0500 From: Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@freebsd.org> To: Alfred Perlstein <alfred@freebsd.org> Cc: cvs-all@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libpthread/thread thr_mutex.c Message-ID: <20041031061324.GR93831@green.homeunix.org> In-Reply-To: <20041031055630.GE24892@elvis.mu.org> References: <200410310503.i9V53ofj011896@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041031050620.GQ93831@green.homeunix.org> <20041031055630.GE24892@elvis.mu.org>
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On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 10:56:30PM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Brian Fundakowski Feldman <green@FreeBSD.org> [041030 22:06] wrote: > > 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. > > Good catch... it could have just been an oversight though. :) > > We need a "configure" like regression suite for pthreads[*]. > > [*] and a ton of other stuff. :) Actually, I think POSIX has a whole bunch of regression tests! I wonder if anyone could ever convince them to make them free for BSD operating systems... http://www.opengroup.org/testing/testsuites/vsthover.htm -- Brian Fundakowski Feldman \'[ FreeBSD ]''''''''''\ <> green@FreeBSD.org \ The Power to Serve! \ Opinions expressed are my own. \,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,\
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