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2001-07-03Remove typo from semaphore.c.snap-2001-07-03rpj
Update ANNOUNCE to get ready for new snapshot.
2001-07-03Cosmetic changes.rpj
2001-07-012001-07-01 Ross Johnson <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au>rpj
Contributed by - Alexander Terekhov. * condvar.c: Fixed lost signal bug reported by Timur Aydin (taydin@snet.net). [RPJ (me) didn't translate the original algorithm correctly.] * semaphore.c: Added sem_post_multiple; this is a useful routine, but it doesn't appear to be standard. For now it's not an exported function.
2001-07-012001-06-25 Ross Johnson <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au>rpj
* create.c (pthread_create): Add priority inheritance attributes. * mutex.c (pthread_mutex_lock): Remove some overhead for PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL mutex types. Specifically, avoid calling pthread_self() and pthread_equal() to check/set the mutex owner. Introduce a new pseudo owner for this type. Test results suggest increases in speed of up to 90% for non-blocking locks. This is the default type of mutex used internally by other synchronising objects, ie. condition variables and read-write locks. The test rwlock7.c shows about a 30-35% speed increase over snapshot 2001-06-06. The price of this is that the application developer must ensure correct behaviour, or explicitly set the mutex to a safer type such as PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK. For example, PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL (or PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT) type mutexes will not return an error if a thread which is not the owner calls pthread_mutex_unlock. The call will succeed in unlocking the mutex if it is currently locked, but a subsequent unlock by the true owner will then fail with EPERM. This is however consistent with some other implementations. (pthread_mutex_unlock): Likewise. (pthread_mutex_trylock): Likewise. (pthread_mutex_destroy): Likewise. * attr.c (pthread_attr_init): PTHREAD_EXPLICIT_SCHED is the default inheritance attribute; THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL is the default priority for new threads. * sched.c (pthread_attr_setschedpolicy): Added routine. (pthread_attr_getschedpolicy): Added routine. (pthread_attr_setinheritsched): Added routine. (pthread_attr_getinheritsched): Added routine. * pthread.h (sched_rr_set_interval): Added as a macro; returns -1 with errno set to ENOSYS. 2001-06-23 Ross Johnson <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au> *sched.c (pthread_attr_setschedparam): Add priority range check. (sched_setscheduler): New function; checks for a valid pid and policy; checks for permission to set information in the target process; expects pid to be a Win32 process ID, not a process handle; the only scheduler policy allowed is SCHED_OTHER. (sched_getscheduler): Likewise, but checks for permission to query. * pthread.h (SCHED_*): Moved to sched.h as defined in the POSIX standard. * sched.h (SCHED_*): Moved from pthread.h. (pid_t): Defined if necessary. (sched_setscheduler): Defined. (sched_getscheduler): Defined. * pthread.def (sched_setscheduler): Exported. (sched_getscheduler): Likewise. 2001-06-23 Ross Johnson <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au> Contributed by - Ralf Brese <Ralf.Brese@pdb4.siemens.de> * create.c (pthread_create): Set thread priority from thread attributes.
2001-06-11 * semaphore.h (sem_t): Fixed for compile and test.rpj
* implement.h (sem_t_): Likewise. * semaphore.c: Likewise. * private.c (ptw32_sem_timedwait): Updated to use new opaque sem_t. tests/ * mutex5.c: Insert inert change to quell compiler warnings. * condvar3_2.c: Remove unused variable.
2001-06-05 * mutex.c (pthread_mutexattr_init): Removesnap-2001-06-06rpj
ptw32_mutex_default_kind.
2001-06-05Rix out-of-date information.rpj
2001-06-05 * nonportable.c (pthread_mutex_setdefaultkind_np):rpj
Remove - should not have been included in the first place. (pthread_mutex_getdefaultkind_np): Likewise. * global.c (ptw32_mutex_default_kind): Likewise. * mutex.c (pthread_mutex_init): Remove use of ptw32_mutex_default_kind. * pthread.h (pthread_mutex_setdefaultkind_np): Likewise. (pthread_mutex_getdefaultkind_np): Likewise. * pthread.def (pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np): Added. (pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np): Likewise. * README: Many changes that should have gone in before the last snapshot. * README.NONPORTABLE: New - referred to by ANNOUNCE but never created; documents the non-portable routines included in the library - moved from README with new routines added. * ANNOUNCE (pthread_mutexattr_setkind_np): Added to compliance list. (pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np): Likewise.
2001-06-03Fix missing attribution.rpj
2001-06-03Updated.snap-2001-06-04rpj
2001-05-312001-05-30 Ross Johnson <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au>rpj
* pthread.h (rand_r): Fake using _seed argument to quell compiler warning (compiler should optimise this away later). * GNUmakefile (OPT): Leave symbolic information out of the library and increase optimisation level - for smaller faster prebuilt dlls. 2001-05-29 Ross Johnson <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au> Contributed by - Milan Gardian <Milan.Gardian@LEIBINGER.com> * Makefile: fix typo. * pthreads.h: Fix problems with stdcall/cdecl conventions, in particular remove the need for PT_STDCALL everywhere; remove warning supression. * (errno): Fix the longstanding "inconsistent dll linkage" problem with errno; now also works with /MD debugging libs - warnings emerged when compiling pthreads library with /MD (or /MDd) compiler switch, instead of /MT (or /MTd) (i.e. when compiling pthreads using Multithreaded DLL CRT instead of Multithreaded statically linked CRT). * create.c (pthread_create): Likewise; fix typo. * private.c (ptw32_threadStart): Eliminate use of terminate() which doesn't throw exceptions. * Remove unnecessary #includes from a number of modules - [I had to #include malloc.h in implement.h for gcc - rpj]. 2001-05-29 Ross Johnson <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au> Contributed by - Thomas Pfaff <tpfaff@gmx.net> * pthread.h (PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT): New; equivalent to PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT_NP. * (PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL): Similarly. * (PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK): Similarly. * (PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE): Similarly. * (pthread_mutex_setdefaultkind_np): New; Linux compatibility stub for pthread_mutexattr_settype. * (pthread_mutexattr_getkind_np): New; Linux compatibility stub for pthread_mutexattr_gettype. * mutex.c (pthread_mutexattr_settype): New; allow the following types of mutex: PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT_NP PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL_NP PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK_NP PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP * Note that PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT is equivalent to PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL - ie. mutexes should no longer be recursive by default, and a thread will deadlock if it tries to relock a mutex it already owns. This is inline with other pthreads implementations. * (pthread_mutex_lock): Process the lock request according to the mutex type. * (pthread_mutex_init): Eliminate use of Win32 mutexes as the basis of POSIX mutexes - instead, a combination of one critical section and one semaphore are used in conjunction with Win32 Interlocked* routines. * (pthread_mutex_destroy): Likewise. * (pthread_mutex_lock): Likewise. * (pthread_mutex_trylock): Likewise. * (pthread_mutex_unlock): Likewise. * Use longjmp/setjmp to implement cancelation when building the library using a C compiler which doesn't support exceptions, e.g. gcc -x c (note that gcc -x c++ uses exceptions). * Also fixed some of the same typos and eliminated PT_STDCALL as Milan Gardian's patches above. 2001-02-07 Ross Johnson <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au> Contributed by - Alexander Terekhov <TEREKHOV@de.ibm.com> * rwlock.c: Revamped. * implement.h (pthread_rwlock_t_): Redefined. This implementation does not have reader/writer starvation problem. Rwlock attempts to behave more like a normal mutex with races and scheduling policy determining who is more important; It also supports recursive locking, has less synchronization overhead (no broadcasts at all, readers are not blocked on any condition variable) and seem to be faster than the current implementation [W98 appears to be approximately 15 percent faster at least - on top of speed increase from Thomas Pfaff's changes to mutex.c - rpj].
2001-02-06Fix email address.rpj
2000-12-30Fix typo in URL.rpj
2000-12-29Updated.snap-2000-12-29rpj
2000-09-072000-09-08 Ross Johnson <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>rpj
* cancel.c (pthread_cancel): Must get "self" through calling pthread_self() which will ensure a POSIX thread struct is built for non-POSIX threads; return an error if this fails - Ollie Leahy <ollie@mpt.ie> (pthread_setcancelstate): Likewise. (pthread_setcanceltype): Likewise. * misc.c (ptw32_cancelable_wait): Likewise. * private.c (ptw32_tkAssocCreate): Remove unused #if 0 wrapped code. * pthread.h (ptw32_get_exception_services_code): Needed to be forward declared unconditionally. 2000-09-06 Ross Johnson <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au> * cancel.c (pthread_cancel): If called from the main thread "self" would be NULL; get "self" via pthread_self() instead of directly from TLS so that an implicit pthread object is created. * misc.c (pthread_equal): Strengthen test for NULLs.
2000-08-182000-08-18 Ross Johnson <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au>rpj
* Several: Fix typos from scripted edit session yesterday. * nonportable.c (pthread_mutexattr_setforcecs_np): Moved this function from mutex.c. (pthread_getw32threadhandle_np): New function to return the win32 thread handle that the POSIX thread is using. * mutex.c (pthread_mutexattr_setforcecs_np): Moved to new file "nonportable.c". * pthread.h (PTW32_BUILD): Only redefine __except and catch compiler keywords if we aren't building the library (ie. PTW32_BUILD is not defined) - this is safer than defining and then undefining if not building the library. * implement.h: Remove __except and catch undefines. * Makefile (CFLAGS): Define PTW32_BUILD. * GNUmakefile (CFLAGS): Define PTW32_BUILD. * All appropriate: Change Pthread_exception* to ptw32_exception* to be consistent with internal identifier naming. * private.c (ptw32_throw): New function to provide a generic exception throw for all internal exceptions and EH schemes. (ptw32_threadStart): pthread_exit() value is now returned via the thread structure exitStatus element. * exit.c (pthread_exit): pthread_exit() value is now returned via the thread structure exitStatus element. * cancel.c (ptw32_cancel_self): Now uses ptw32_throw. (pthread_setcancelstate): Ditto. (pthread_setcanceltype): Ditto. (pthread_testcancel): Ditto. (pthread_cancel): Ditto. * misc.c (CancelableWait): Ditto. * exit.c (pthread_exit): Ditto. * All applicable: Change PTW32_ prefix to PTW32_ prefix to remove leading underscores from private library identifiers.
2000-08-172000-08-17 Ross Johnson <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>rpj
* All applicable: Change _pthread_ prefix to ptw32_ prefix to remove leading underscores from private library identifiers (single and double leading underscores are reserved in the ANSI C standard for compiler implementations).
2000-08-142000-08-13 Ross Johnson <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>rpj
* errno.c: Add _MD precompile condition; thus far had no effect when using /MD compile option but I thnk it should be there. * exit.c: Add __cplusplus to various #if lines; was compiling SEH code even when VC++ had C++ compile options. * private.c: ditto. * create.c (pthread_create): Add PT_STDCALL macro to function pointer arg in _beginthread(). * pthread.h: PT_STDCALL really does need to be defined in both this and impliment.h; don't set it to __cdecl - this macro is only used to extend function pointer casting for functions that will be passed as parameters. (~PThreadCleanup): add cast and group expression. (_errno): Add _MD compile conditional. (PtW32NoCatchWarn): Change pragma message. * implement.h: Move and change PT_STDCALL define. * need_errno.h: Add _MD to compilation conditional. * GNUmakefile: Substantial rewrite for new naming convention; set for nil optimisation (turn it up when we have a working library build; add target "fake.a" to build a libpthreadw32.a from the VC++ built DLL pthreadVCE.dll. * pthread.def (LIBRARY): Don't specify in the .def file - it is specified on the linker command line since we now use the same .def file for variously named .dlls. * Makefile: Substantial rewrite for new naming convention; default nmake target only issues a help message; run nmake with specific target corresponding to the EH scheme being used. * README: Update information; add naming convention explanation. * ANNOUNCE: Update information. 2000-08-12 Ross Johnson <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au> * pthread.h: Add compile-time message when using MSC_VER compiler and C++ EH to warn application programmers to use PtW32Catch instead of catch(...) if they want cancelation and pthread_exit to work. * implement.h: Remove #include <semaphore.h>; we use our own local semaphore.h. tests/ChangeLog: 2000-08-13 Ross Johnson <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au> * condvar3.c: Minor change to eliminate compiler warning. * condvar4.c: ditto. * condvar5.c: ditto. * condvar6.c: ditto. * condvar7.c: ditto. * condvar8.c: ditto. * condvar9.c: ditto. * exit1.c: Function needed return statement. * cleanup1.c: Remove unnecessary printf arg. * cleanup2.c: Fix cast. * rwlock6.c: Fix casts. * exception1.c (PtW32CatchAll): Had the wrong name; fix casts. * cancel3.c: Remove unused waitLock variable. * GNUmakefile: Change library/dll naming; add new tests; general minor changes. * Makefile: Change library/dll naming; add targets for testing each of the two VC++ EH scheme versions; default target now issues help message; compile warnings now interpreted as errors to stop the make; add new tests; restructure to remove prerequisites needed otherwise. * README: Updated.
2000-08-112000-08-10 Ross Johnson <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>snap-2000-08-10rpj
* cleanup.c (pthread_pop_cleanup): Remove _pthread prefix from __except and catch keywords; implement.h now simply undefines _pthread__except and _pthread_catch if defined; VC++ was not textually substituting _pthread_catch etc back to catch as it was redefined; the reason for using the prefixed version was to make it clear that it was not using the pthread.h redefined catch keyword. * private.c (_pthread_threadStart): Ditto. (_pthread_callUserDestroyRoutines): Ditto. * implement.h (_pthread__except): Remove #define. (_pthread_catch): Remove #define. * GNUmakefile (pthread.a): New target to build libpthread32.a from pthread.dll using dlltool. * buildlib.bat: Duplicate cl commands with args to build C++ EH version of pthread.dll; use of .bat files is redundant now that nmake compatible Makefile is included; used as a kludge only now. * Makefile: Localise some macros and fix up the clean: target to extend it and work properly. * CONTRIBUTORS: Add contributors. * ANNOUNCE: Updated. * README: Updated. tests/ChangeLog: 2000-08-10 Ross Johnson <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au> * eyal1.c (main): Change implicit cast to explicit cast when passing "print_server" function pointer; G++ no longer allows implicit func parameter casts. * cleanup1.c: Remove unused "waitLock". (main): Fix implicit parameter cast. * cancel2.c (main): Fix implicit parameter cast. * cancel4.c (main): Fix implicit parameter cast. * cancel3.c (main): Fix implicit parameter cast. * GNUmakefile: Renamed from Makefile; Add missing cancel1 and cancel2 test targets. * Makefile: Converted for use with MS nmake.
2000-07-252000-07-25 Ross Johnson <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au>rpj
* dll.c (dllMain): Remove 2000-07-21 change - problem appears to be in pthread_create(). 2000-07-21 Ross Johnson <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au> * create.c (pthread_create): Set threadH to 0 (zero) everywhere. Some assignments were using NULL. Maybe it should be NULL everywhere - need to check. (I know they are nearly always the same thing - but not by definition.) * dll.c: Include resource leakage work-around. This is a partial FIXME which doesn't stop all leakage. The real problem needs to be found and fixed. - "David Baggett" <dmb@itasoftware.com> * misc.c (pthread_self): Try to catch NULL thread handles at the point where they might be generated, even though they should always be valid at this point. * tsd.c (pthread_setspecific): return an error value if pthread_self() returns NULL. * sync.c (pthread_join): return an error value if pthread_self() returns NULL. * signal.c (pthread_sigmask): return an error value if pthread_self() returns NULL.
2000-01-07Minor changes.rpj
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1999-10-30./ChangeLog:rpj
1999-10-30 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * create.c (pthread_create): Explicitly initialise thread state to default values. * cancel.c (pthread_setcancelstate): Check for NULL 'oldstate' for compatibility with Solaris pthreads; (pthread_setcanceltype): ditto: - Erik Hensema <erik.hensema@group2000.nl> 1999-10-23 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * pthread.h (ctime_r): Fix incorrect argument "_tm" - Erik Hensema <erik.hensema@group2000.nl> tests/ChangeLog: 1999-10-30 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * cancel1.c: New. Test pthread_setcancelstate and pthread_setcanceltype functions. * eyal1.c (waste_time): Change calculation to avoid FP exception on Aplhas - Rich Peters <rpeters@micro-magic.com>
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1999-09-15Sat Sep 10 12:56:13 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@swan.canberra.edu.au>rpj
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.
1999-08-12Update the announcement document.snap-1999-08-12rpj
1999-08-12Merged patches to main trunk.rpj
1999-05-29Updated.rpj
1999-05-29./ChangeLogrpj
Sat May 8 09:42:30 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * pthread.def (sem_open): Add. (sem_close): Add. (sem_unlink): Add. (sem_getvalue): Add. * FAQ (Question 3): Add. Thu Apr 8 01:16:23 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * semaphore.c (sem_open): New function; returns an error (ENOSYS). (sem_close): ditto. (sem_unlink): ditto. (sem_getvalue): ditto. * semaphore.h (_POSIX_SEMAPHORES): define. ./tests/ChangeLog Sat May 29 23:29:04 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * runall.bat (condvar5): Add new test. * runall.bat (condvar6): Add new test. * Makefile (condvar5) : Add new test. * Makefile (condvar6) : Add new test. * condvar5.c: New test for pthread_cond_broadcast(). * condvar6.c: New test for pthread_cond_broadcast().
1999-04-06Bump snapshot date.rpj
1999-04-06Wed Apr 7 09:37:00 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>rpj
* *.c (comments): Remove individual attributions - these are documented sufficiently elsewhere. * implement.h (pthread.h): Remove extraneous include.
1999-04-03./ChangeLogrpj
Sun Apr 4 11:05:57 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * sched.c (sched.h): Include. * sched.h: New file for POSIX 1b scheduling. * pthread.h: Move opaque structures to implement.h; move sched_* prototypes out and into sched.h. * implement.h: Add opaque structures from pthread.h. * sched.c (sched_yield): New function. * condvar.c (_pthread_sem_*): Rename to sem_*; except for _pthread_sem_timedwait which is an private function. Sat Apr 3 23:28:00 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * Makefile.in (OBJS): Add errno.o. Fri Apr 2 11:08:50 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * implement.h (_pthread_sem_*): Remove prototypes now defined in semaphore.h. * pthread.h (sempahore.h): Include. * semaphore.h: New file for POSIX 1b semaphores. * pthread.h (_pthread_sem_t): Change to sem_t. * semaphore.c (_pthread_sem_*): Change to sem_*; these functions will be exported from the library; set errno on error. - John Bossom <jebossom@cognos.com> (_pthread_sem_timedwait): Moved to private.c. * private.c (_pthread_sem_timedwait): Moved from semaphore.c; set errno on error. * errno.c (_errno): New file. New function. - John Bossom * pthread.h (pthread_t_): Add per-thread errno element. tests/ChangeLog Sun Apr 4 12:04:28 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * tsd1.c (mythread): Change Sleep(0) to sched_yield(). (sched.h): Include. * condvar3.c (mythread): Remove redundant Sleep(). * runtest.bat: Re-organised to make more informative.
1999-03-18==> ChangeLog <==rpj
Fri Mar 19 09:12:59 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * private.c (_pthread_threadStart): status returns PTHREAD_CANCELED. * pthread.h (PTHREAD_CANCELED): defined. ==> tests/ChangeLog <== Fri Mar 19 1999 Ross Johnson <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au> * *.bat: redirect unwanted output to nul: * runall.bat: new. * cancel1.c: new. Not part of suite yet.
1999-03-16Bump snapshot date.snap-1999-03-16rpj
1999-03-16New file.rpj