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From: Jason Evans <jasone@canonware.com>
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Subject: Re: Another Serious libc_r problem
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Hmm, your test case is very similar to some code that was causing deadlock
for me.  However, I boiled it down to the following code as being the
actual bug.  We may be seeing the same thing (but maybe not; I haven't had
time to dig into this all the way).

Jason

Jason Evans
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Quote: ["Invention is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" - Thomas Edison]

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/* -*-mode:c-*- */

#ifndef _REENTRANT
#  define _REENTRANT
#endif

#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <string.h>

int
main()
{
  pthread_mutex_t mutex;
  int error;

  error = pthread_mutex_init(&mutex, NULL);
  if (error)
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "Error in pthread_mutex_init(): %s\n", strerror(error));
    exit(1);
  }

  fprintf(stderr, "About to lock mutex first time.\n");
  error = pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex);
  if (error)
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "Error in pthread_mutex_lock(): %s\n", strerror(error));
    exit(1);
  }

  fprintf(stderr, "About to lock mutex second time; expect deadlock.\n");
  error = pthread_mutex_lock(&mutex);
  if (error)
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "Error in pthread_mutex_lock(): %s\n", strerror(error));
    exit(1);
  }

  fprintf(stderr, "Wow, no deadlock.\n");

  error = pthread_mutex_destroy(&mutex);
  if (error)
  {
    fprintf(stderr, "Error in pthread_mutex_destroy(): %s\n", strerror(error));
    exit(1);
  }
  
  return 0;
}



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