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Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:18:02 +0100
From: Gary Jennejohn <gary.jennejohn@freenet.de>
To: leon zadorin <leonleon77@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: disable threads when recompiling libc
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On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 18:15:13 +1100
leon zadorin <leonleon77@gmail.com> wrote:

> is it possible to configure libc to be recompiled in a single-threaded
> model only (i.e. disable any additional overhead for handling
> thread-safety).
> 

There doesn't seem to be any simple way to do this.  libc uses pthread.h
and PTHREAD macros all over the place.

However, libc routines seem to test __isthreaded to avoid unnecessary
calls to thread operations.

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Gary Jennejohn