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Diffstat (limited to 'ANNOUNCE')
| -rw-r--r-- | ANNOUNCE | 39 |
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 16 deletions
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - PTHREADS-WIN32 SNAPSHOT ????-??-??
+ PTHREADS-WIN32 SNAPSHOT 2001-06-04
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Web Site: http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/
FTP Site: ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ New: on the following processors: IX86, MIPS, ALPHA, PPC.
- contributors name misplaced (please contact me if it's you)
-- New functions (no-ops) for source code compatibility:
+- New functions (no-ops) for source code compatibility:
pthread_getconcurrency()
- Returns the value previously set by
- pthread_setconcurrency() or 0 (zero)
- if no value was previously set.
- The implementation does not currently use
- this value.
+ Returns the value previously set by
+ pthread_setconcurrency() or 0 (zero)
+ if no value was previously set.
+ The implementation does not currently use
+ this value.
pthread_setconcurrency()
Accepts any value >= 0 but does not
have any effect; returns '0' or
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ New: pthread_attr_setscope()
Currently only return ENOSYS
-- The following mutex types and related functions are now
- supported:
+- The following mutex types and related functions are now
+ supported:
pthread_mutexattr_gettype()
pthread_mutexattr_settype()
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ New: The *_NP versions are for Linux portability.
- In this implementation PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT is
- mapped to PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL for compatibility
+ In this implementation PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT is
+ mapped to PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL for compatibility
with major Unix vendors. This is also the default
if no type is specified.
@@ -73,17 +73,24 @@ New: explicitly set the type of any mutexes that are, or
could be, locked recursively.
- PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL will cause thread deadlock
- if the owner of a mutex tries to relock it without
- first unlocking it. It has slightly less overhead
+ PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL will cause thread deadlock
+ if the owner of a mutex tries to relock it without
+ first unlocking it. It has slightly less overhead
that other types.
-- Pthreads-win32 mutexes are now based on Win32
- critical sections for all Windows versions. The
+- Pthreads-win32 mutexes are now based on Win32
+ critical sections for all Windows versions. The
implementation no longer depends on
TryEnterCriticalSection.
- Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff@gmx.net>
+- New implementation of condition variables which attempts to
+ correct problems of spurious wakeups, unfairness, and
+ broadcast deadlock. See README.CV for details of the
+ discussion.
+ - Alexander Terekhov <TEREKHOV@de.ibm.com>
+ - Louis Thomas <lthomas@arbitrade.com>
+
Bugs fixed:
- Pthread_mutex_trylock() now properly returns EBUSY
even when the current thread owns the mutex.
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