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-rw-r--r-- | ANNOUNCE | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | CONTRIBUTORS | 1 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | NEWS | 13 |
4 files changed, 25 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@ - PTHREADS-WIN32 SNAPSHOT 2005-01-03
+ PTHREADS-WIN32 SNAPSHOT 2005-01-25
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Web Site: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/
FTP Site: ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32
Maintainer: Ross Johnson <rpj@callisto.canberra.edu.au>
+[Please note: snapshots from 2004-11-03 are using a new mutex implementation +and should be regarded as beta code. You may not want to use it in production +yet but please try it if you can.] + We are pleased to announce the availability of a new snapshot of
Pthreads-win32, an Open Source Software implementation of the
Threads component of the POSIX 1003.1 2001 Standard for Microsoft's
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS index 115e9dd..c23ce98 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTORS +++ b/CONTRIBUTORS @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Alexander Terekhov TEREKHOV at de dot ibm dot com condition variables; enhancements to semaphores; enhancements to mutexes; + new mutex implementation in 'futex' style; system clock change handling re CV timeouts; bug fixes. Thomas Pfaff tpfaff at gmx dot net @@ -1,10 +1,15 @@ +2005-01-25 Ralf Kubis <RKubis at mc.com>
+ + * Attempted acquisition of recursive mutex was causing waiting + threads to not be woken when the mutex is released. + 2005-01-01 Konstantin Voronkov <beowinkle at yahoo.com>
* pthread_mutex_lock.c (pthread_mutex_lock): The new atomic exchange
mutex algorithm is known to allow a thread to steal the lock off
FIFO waiting threads. The next waiting FIFO thread gets a spurious
wake-up and must attempt to re-acquire the lock. The woken thread
- was setting itself as the the mutex's owner before the re-acquisition.
+ was setting itself as the mutex's owner before the re-acquisition.
2004-11-22 Ross Johnson <rpj at callisto.canberra.edu.au>
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@ +SNAPSHOT 2005-01-25
+-------------------
+
+Bug fixes
+---------
+
+* Attempted acquisition of a recursive mutex could cause waiting threads
+to not be woken when the mutex was released.
+- Ralf Kubis <RKubis at mc.com>
+
+* Various package omissions have been fixed. +
+
SNAPSHOT 2005-01-03
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