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authorrpj <rpj>1999-09-15 00:56:21 +0000
committerrpj <rpj>1999-09-15 00:56:21 +0000
commit9031537658e89136c6a5bb959f9b9a4338a5d056 (patch)
tree0cb7c7695e5ac67fac829f1923a9238eea2f8efb /ANNOUNCE
parentddce48cadf17ad0b75d6c57062106b700a73d738 (diff)
Sat Sep 10 12:56:13 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@swan.canberra.edu.au>
The following code for POSIX read/write locks was contributed by Aurelio Medina. * implement.h (pthread_rwlock_t_): Add. * pthread.h (pthread_rwlock_t): Add. (PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER): Add. Add rwlock function prototypes. * rwlock.c: New module. * pthread.def: Add new rwlock functions. * private.c (_pthread_processInitialize): initialise _pthread_rwlock_test_init_lock critical section. * global.c (_pthread_rwlock_test_init_lock): Add. * mutex.c (pthread_mutex_destroy): Don't free mutex memory if mutex is PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER and has not been initialised yet. tests/ChangeLog Sep 15 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * rwlock1.c: New test. * rwlock2.c: New test. * rwlock3.c: New test. * rwlock4.c: New test.
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@@ -24,14 +24,15 @@ Change Summary (since the last snapshot)
(See the ChangeLog file for details.)
-Fixed exception stack cleanup if calling pthread_exit()
-- (Lorin Hochstein and John Bossom).
+Fixed a few bugs:
+ - threads return status properly (Milan Gardian)
+ - fix memory leak in mutexes (Milan Gardian)
-Fixed bugs in condition variables - (Peter Slacik):
- - additional contention checks
- - properly adjust number of waiting threads after timed
- condvar timeout.
+Added new POSIX read/write locks (Aurelio Medina)
+These routines have not been fully tested yet.
+Changes to allow building with mingw32/MSCVRT (Mumit Khan)
+This still needs a little work.
Level of standards conformance
------------------------------
@@ -151,11 +152,23 @@ The following functions are implemented:
pthread_sigmask
---------------------------
+ Read/Write Locks:
+ ---------------------------
+ pthread_rwlock_init
+ pthread_rwlock_destroy
+ pthread_rwlock_tryrdlock
+ pthread_rwlock_trywrlock
+ pthread_rwlock_rdlock
+ pthread_rwlock_rwlock
+ pthread_rwlock_unlock
+
+ ---------------------------
Static Initializers (macros)
---------------------------
PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT
PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER
- PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER
+ PTHREAD_COND_INITIALIZER
+ PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER
---------------------------
Thread-Safe C Runtime Library (macros)