Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Thu, 30 Sep 2004 14:10:42 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Henrik W Lund <henrik.w.lund@broadpark.no>
Cc:        freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: kern/71714: Fatal error 'Spinlock called when not threaded.' at line 83 in file /usr/src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_spinlock.c (errno = 0) (BETA4)
Message-ID:  <20040930211042.GA13198@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <200409221600.i8MG0jNF088018@freefall.freebsd.org>
References:  <200409221600.i8MG0jNF088018@freefall.freebsd.org>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, Sep 22, 2004 at 04:00:45PM +0000, Henrik W Lund wrote:
> The following reply was made to PR kern/71714; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: Henrik W Lund <henrik.w.lund@broadpark.no>
> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, lsi@samtel.ru
> Cc:  
> Subject: Re: kern/71714: Fatal error 'Spinlock called when not threaded.'
>  at line 83 in file /usr/src/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_spinlock.c (errno =
>  0) (BETA4)
> Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:48:14 -0700
> 
>  Running FreeBSD/amd64 5.3-BETA5 and I can confirm the problem. It seems 
>  not related to the building of the qt port, but rather to libpthread. 
>  Mozilla, for one, produces the same error message, as do some other 
>  builds as well.
>  
>  Libmapping pthread to libc_r is a workaround, but shouldn't this work 
>  for pthread too?

This error is well-known and has been discussed on mailing lists
dozens of times.  Rebuild all your ports, or search the archives for
extensive discussion.

Kris



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20040930211042.GA13198>