From owner-freebsd-threads@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 9 06:36:30 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CBCB116A41B for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 06:36:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kip.macy@gmail.com) Received: from wa-out-1112.google.com (wa-out-1112.google.com [209.85.146.181]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FE3E13C467 for ; Tue, 9 Oct 2007 06:36:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kip.macy@gmail.com) Received: by wa-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id k17so1983747waf for ; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:36:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=3HNUMxcBFQQiJf5B2JQ2FDYwB0Pr9yCGgckLIwSxcn4=; b=Y/z6fhhxP8E+LuHfsFz+yIYQUCq46HxkDzme+J+OJUKoePRvHfg8zdwaTXEcJI68XBY7KhzS85dqDBU0lhqenpv18yEXTia4Upg/yF/6y2HFTFdhctRLLZj2EuGgC+y6fZuKxtGyITt638sdy9P8SxMDpsbVhGEbGVh+Dk/bSGU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=HyBkFVLmt6YRRlmSEDm49lSTNVw1XgbdU73GNjPsOmCQWSo0NeZQC/+jh90H+kGwKjWULptA2xnj+8jxeSwmKJOduf+oxYXtz2XB+Ii4HsRp+QpN099NFL+PKFBFxJ6GAyAy1EVslFC+yL/MTq7o6Z+mXXPm7+7OGY0RIOt6q/c= Received: by 10.114.130.1 with SMTP id c1mr7282127wad.1191911789898; Mon, 08 Oct 2007 23:36:29 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.13.15 with HTTP; Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:36:29 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 23:36:29 -0700 From: "Kip Macy" To: "Girish Hilage" In-Reply-To: <1191911671.2054.32.camel@ps2408.persistent.co.in> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1191824849.2054.5.camel@ps2408.persistent.co.in> <1191911671.2054.32.camel@ps2408.persistent.co.in> Cc: Daniel Eischen , freebsd-threads@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Co-opting signals X-BeenThere: freebsd-threads@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Threading on FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 06:36:30 -0000 libc_r has been disconnected from the build for some time. On 10/8/07, Girish Hilage wrote: > Thanks Daniel for your response. > But I want to know if libc_r is still(in it's latest version) co-opting > signals internally? > > Regards, > Girish > > On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 15:01 -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > > On Mon, 8 Oct 2007, Girish Hilage wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I heard that, user level pthreads co-opt some signals to get their > > > job done. > > > Can anybody please let me know which are these signals? > > > > Not true since 4.x since only libc_r did this. Since FreeBSD 5.x, > > the default thread libraries (libpthread/libkse, and libthr) do > > not use signals for their implementation. Under 5.x and subsequent, > > just compile and link your program normally (use -pthread or > > -lpthread when linking) and you will get the default thread > > library (not libc_r, which has been deprecated in 7.x/current). > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-threads@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-threads > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-threads-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >