From owner-freebsd-threads@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 21 12:30:23 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-threads@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D90416A4CE for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:30:23 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6CCE543D1F for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:30:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i9LCUNJe043485 for ; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:30:23 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id i9LCUNEI043484; Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:30:23 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:30:23 GMT Message-Id: <200410211230.i9LCUNEI043484@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-threads@FreeBSD.org From: David Xu Subject: Re: threads/72953: fork() unblocks blocked signals w/o PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM X-BeenThere: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: David Xu List-Id: Threading on FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 12:30:23 -0000 The following reply was made to PR threads/72953; it has been noted by GNATS. From: David Xu To: Mark Andrews Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: threads/72953: fork() unblocks blocked signals w/o PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 20:33:10 +0800 It is not supported to do any thread related operations in child process forked from a threaded process, this becauses thread library may be in corrupted state, the safe operation in child process is calling execve() immediately after fork(). Mark Andrews wrote: >>Number: 72953 >>Category: threads >>Synopsis: fork() unblocks blocked signals w/o PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM >>Confidential: no >>Severity: serious >>Priority: medium >>Responsible: freebsd-threads >>State: open >>Quarter: >>Keywords: >>Date-Required: >>Class: sw-bug >>Submitter-Id: current-users >>Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 21 07:00:44 GMT 2004 >>Closed-Date: >>Last-Modified: >>Originator: Mark Andrews >>Release: FreeBSD 5.3-BETA6 i386 >>Organization: >> >>