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|  | * pthread_mutex_trylock.c: Should return EBUSY rather than EDEADLK.
        * pthread_mutex_destroy.c: Remove redundant ownership test (the
        trylock call does this for us); do not destroy a recursively locked
        mutex. | 
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|  | * pthread.h: Conditionally added some #defines from config.h
        needed when not building the library. e.g. NEED_ERRNO, NEED_SEM.
        (PTW32_DLLPORT): Now only defined if _DLL defined.
        (_errno): Compiler directive was incorrectly including prototype.
        * sched.h: Conditionally added some #defines from config.h
        needed when not building the library.
        * semaphore.h: Replace an instance of NEED_SEM that should
        have been NEED_ERRNO. This change currently has nil effect.
        * GNUmakefile: Correct some recent changes.
        * Makefile: Add rule to generate pre-processor output. | 
|  | exit() rather than pthread_exit(). Add comments to explain
        why.
        * rwlock2_t.c: New test.
        * rwlock3_t.c: New test.
        * rwlock4_t.c: New test.
        * rwlock5_t.c: New test.
        * rwlock6_t.c: New test.
        * rwlock6_t2.c: New test.
        * rwlock6.c (main): Swap thread and result variables
        to correspond to actual thread functions.
        * rwlock1.c: Change test description comment to correspond
        to the actual test. | 
|  | critical section to solve deadlock problem.
        * pthread.c: Add all remaining C modules.
        * pthread.h: Use dllexport/dllimport attributes on functions
        to avoid using pthread.def.
        * sched.h: Likewise.
        * semaphore.h: Likewise.
        * GNUmakefile: Add new targets for single translation
        unit build to maximise inlining potential; generate
        pthread.def automatically.
        * Makefile: Likewise, but no longer uses pthread.def. | 
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|  | to disable cancelation at the start of a thread's cancelation
	run to prevent double cancelation. The main problem
	arises if a thread is canceling and then receives a subsequent
	async cancel request.
	* private.c: Likewise.
	* condvar.c: Place pragmas around cleanup_push/pop to turn
	off inline optimisation (/Obn where n>0 - MSVC only). Various
	optimisation switches in MSVC turn this on, which interferes with
	the way that cleanup handlers are run in C++ EH and SEH
	code. Application code compiled with inline optimisation must
	also wrap cleanup_push/pop blocks with the pragmas, e.g.
	  #pragma inline_depth(0)
	  pthread_cleanup_push(...)
	    ...
	  pthread_cleanup_pop(...)
	  #pragma inline_depth(8)
	* rwlock.c: Likewise.
	* mutex.c: Remove attempts to inline some functions.
	* signal.c: Modify misleading comment.
tests/
	* mutex8: New test.
	* mutex8n: New test.
	* mutex8e: New test.
	* mutex8r: New test.
	* cancel6a: New test.
	* cancel6d: New test.
	* cleanup0.c: Add pragmas for inline optimisation control.
	* cleanup1.c: Add pragmas for inline optimisation control.
	* cleanup2.c: Add pragmas for inline optimisation control.
	* cleanup3.c: Add pragmas for inline optimisation control.
	* condvar7.c: Add pragmas for inline optimisation control.
	* condvar8.c: Add pragmas for inline optimisation control.
	* condvar9.c: Add pragmas for inline optimisation control. | 
|  | * mutex.c (pthread_mutex_timedlock): New function suggested by
        Alexander Terekhov. The logic required to implement this
        properly came from Alexander, with some collaboration
        with Thomas Pfaff.
        (pthread_mutex_unlock): Wrap the waiters check and sema
        post in a critical section to prevent a race with
        pthread_mutex_timedlock.
        (ptw32_timed_semwait): New function;
        returns a special result if the absolute timeout parameter
        represents a time already passed when called; used by
        pthread_mutex_timedwait(). Have deliberately not reused
        the name "ptw32_sem_timedwait" because they are not the same
        routine.
        * condvar.c (ptw32_cond_timedwait): Use the new sem_timedwait()
        instead of ptw32_sem_timedwait(), which now has a different
        function. See previous.
        * implement.h: Remove prototype for ptw32_sem_timedwait.
        See next.
        (pthread_mutex_t_): Add critical section element for access
        to lock_idx during mutex post-timeout processing.
        * semaphore.h (sem_timedwait): See next.
        * semaphore.c (sem_timedwait): See next.
        * private.c (ptw32_sem_timedwait): Move to semaphore.c
        and rename as sem_timedwait().
2002-01-18  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * sync.c (pthread_join): Was getting the exit code from the
        calling thread rather than the joined thread if
        defined(__MINGW32__) && !defined(__MSVCRT__).
2002-01-15  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * pthread.h: Unless the build explicitly defines __CLEANUP_SEH,
        __CLEANUP_CXX, or __CLEANUP_C, then the build defaults to
        __CLEANUP_C style cleanup. This style uses setjmp/longjmp
        in the cancelation and thread exit implementations and therefore
        won't do stack unwinding if linked to applications that have it
        (e.g. C++ apps). This is currently consistent with most/all
        commercial Unix POSIX threads implementations.
        * spin.c (pthread_spin_init): Edit renamed function call.
        * nonportable.c (pthread_num_processors_np): New.
        (pthread_getprocessors_np): Renamed to ptw32_getprocessors
        and moved to private.c.
        * private.c (pthread_getprocessors): Moved here from
        nonportable.c.
        * pthread.def (pthread_getprocessors_np): Removed
        from export list.
        * rwlock.c (pthread_rwlockattr_init): New.
        (pthread_rwlockattr_destroy): New.
        (pthread_rwlockattr_getpshared): New.
        (pthread_rwlockattr_setpshared): New. | 
|  | indirection error introduced 2002-01-04.
	(pthread_attr_getscope): Likewise.
        * pthread.dsp (SOURCE): Add missing source files.
./tests/:
        * exception3.c (main): Shorten wait time.
        * mutex7.c: New test.
        * mutex7n.c: New test.
        * mutex7e.c: New test.
        * mutex7r.c: New test.
        * mutex6.c: Modified to avoid leaving the locked mutex
        around on exit. | 
|  | WSAGetLastError() and WSASetLastError().
        * Makefile (wsock32.lib): Likewise.
        * create.c: Minor mostly inert changes.
        * implement.h (PTW32_MAX): Move into here and renamed
        from sched.h.
        (PTW32_MIN): Likewise.
        * GNUmakefile (TEST_ICE): Define if testing internal
        implementation of InterlockedCompareExchange.
        * Makefile (TEST_ICE): Likewise.
        * private.c (TEST_ICE): Likewise. | 
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|  | * barrier.c: Fix several bugs in all routines. Now passes
	tests/barrier5.c which is fairly rigorous. There is still
	a non-optimal work-around for a race condition between
	the barrier breeched event signal and event wait. Basically
	the last (signalling) thread to hit the barrier yields
	to allow any other threads, which may have lost the race,
	to complete.
tests/ChangeLog:
	* barrier3.c: Fixed.
	* barrier4.c: Fixed.
	* barrier5.c: New; proves that all threads in the group
	reaching the barrier wait and then resume together. Repeats
	the test using groups of 1 to 16 threads. Each group of
	threads must negotiate a large number of barriers (10000).
	* spin4.c: Fixed.
	* test.h (error_string): Modified the success (0) value. | 
|  | * spin.c: Revamped and working; included static initialiser.
	* barrier.c: Likewise.
	* condvar.c: Macro constant change; inline auto init routine.
	* mutex.c: Likewise.
	* rwlock.c: Likewise.
	* private.c: Add support for spinlock initialiser.
	* global.c: Likewise.
	* implement.h: Likewise.
	* pthread.h (PTHREAD_SPINLOCK_INITIALIZER): Fix typo.
tests/ChangeLog:
	* spin3.c: Changed test and fixed.
	* spin4.c: Fixed.
	* barrier3.c: Fixed.
	* barrier4.c: Fixed. | 
|  | for this object.
	* pthread.h (PTHREAD_BARRIER_INITIALIZER): Removed.
	* rwlock.c (pthread_rwlock_wrlock): This routine is
	not a cancelation point - disable deferred
	cancelation around call to pthread_cond_wait().
tests/ChangeLog:
	* spin1.c: New; testing spinlocks.
	* spin2.c: New; testing spinlocks.
	* spin3.c: New; testing spinlocks.
	* spin4.c: New; testing spinlocks.
	* barrier1.c: New; testing barriers.
	* barrier2.c: New; testing barriers.
	* barrier3.c: New; testing barriers.
	* barrier4.c: New; testing barriers.
	* GNUmakefile: Add new tests.
	* Makefile: Add new tests. | 
|  | 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.
tests/ChangeLog:
2001-07-01  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
	* benchtest3.c: New; timing mutexes.
	* benchtest4.c: New; time mutexes.
	* condvar3_1.c: Fixed bug - Alexander Terekhov
	* condvar3_3.c: New test.
2001-06-25  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
	* priority1.c: New test.
	* priority2.c: New test.
	* inherit1.c: New test.
	* benchtest1.c: New; timing mutexes.
	* benchtest2.c: New; timing mutexes.
	* mutex4.c: Modified to test all mutex types. | 
|  | * 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. | 
|  | * 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. | 
|  | 2001-06-03  Ross Johnson  <rpj@setup1.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        Contributed by  - Alexander Terekhov <TEREKHOV@de.ibm.com>
                        - Louis Thomas <lthomas@arbitrade.com>
        * condvar.c (pthread_cond_init): Completely revamped.
        (pthread_cond_destroy): Likewise.
        (ptw32_cond_wait_cleanup): Likewise.
        (ptw32_cond_timedwait): Likewise.
        (ptw32_cond_unblock): New general signaling routine.
        (pthread_cond_signal): Now calls ptw32_cond_unblock.
        (pthread_cond_broadcast): Likewise.
        * implement.h (pthread_cond_t_): Revamped.
        * README.CV: New; explanation of the above changes.
pthreads/tests:
2001-06-3  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * condvar2_1.c: New test.
        * condvar3_1.c: New test.
        * condvar3_2.c: New test. | 
|  | * 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]. | 
|  | 2000-12-29  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * Makefile: Back-out "for" loops which don't work.
        * GNUmakefile: Remove the fake.a target; add the "realclean"
        target; don't remove built libs under the "clean" target.
        * config.h: Add a guard against multiple inclusion.
        * semaphore.h: Add some defines from config.h to make
        semaphore.h independent of config.h when building apps.
        * pthread.h (_errno): Back-out previous fix until we know how to
        fix it properly.
        * implement.h (lockCount): Add missing element to pthread_mutex_t_.
        * sync.c (pthread_join): Spelling fix in comment.
        * private.c (ptw32_threadStart): Reset original termination
        function (C++).
        (ptw32_threadStart): Cleanup detached threads early in case
        the library is statically linked.
        (ptw32_callUserDestroyRoutines): Remove [SEH] __try block from
        destructor call so that unhandled exceptions will be passed through
        to the  system; call terminate() from [C++] try block for the same
        reason.
        * tsd.c (pthread_getspecific): Add comment.
        * mutex.c (pthread_mutex_init): Initialise new elements in
        pthread_mutex_t.
        (pthread_mutex_unlock): Invert "pthread_equal()" test.
2000-12-28  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * semaphore.c (mode_t): Use ifndef HAVE_MODE_T to include definition.
        * config.h.in (HAVE_MODE_T): Added.
        (_UWIN): Start adding defines for the UWIN package.
./tests/ChangeLog:
2000-12-29  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * GNUmakefile: Add mutex4 test; ensure libpthreadw32.a is
        removed for "clean" target.
        * Makefile: Add mutex4 test.
        * exception3.c: Remove SEH code; automatically pass the test
        under SEH (which is an N/A environment).
        * mutex4.c: New test.
        * eyal1.c (do_work_unit): Add a dummy "if" to force the
        optimiser to retain code; reduce thread work loads.
        * condvar8.c (main): Add an additional "assert" for debugging;
        increase pthread_cond_signal timeout. | 
|  | 2000-12-28  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * private.c (ptw32_threadStart): Unhandled exceptions are
        now passed through to the system to deal with. This is consistent
        with normal Windows behaviour. C++ applications may use
        set_terminate() to override the default behaviour which is
        to call ptw32_terminate(). Ptw32_terminate() cleans up some
        POSIX thread stuff before calling the system default function
        which calls abort(). The users termination function should conform
        to standard C++ semantics which is to not return. It should
        exit the thread (call pthread_exit()) or exit the application.
        * private.c (ptw32_terminate): Added as the default set_terminate()
        function. It calls the system default function after cleaning up
        some POSIX thread stuff.
        * implement.h (ptw32_try_enter_critical_section): Move
        declaration.
        * global.c (ptw32_try_enter_critical_section): Moved
        from dll.c.
        * dll.c: Move process and thread attach/detach code into
        functions in nonportable.c.
        * nonportable.c (pthread_win32_process_attach_np): Process
        attach code from dll.c is now available to static linked
        applications.
        * nonportable.c (pthread_win32_process_detach_np): Likewise.
        * nonportable.c (pthread_win32_thread_attach_np): Likewise.
        * nonportable.c (pthread_win32_thread_detach_np): Likewise.
        * pthread.h: Add new non-portable prototypes for static
        linked applications.
        * GNUmakefile (OPT): Increase optimisation flag and remove
        debug info flag.
        * pthread.def: Add new non-portable exports for static
        linked applications.
2000-12-11  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * FAQ: Update Answer 6 re getting a fully working
        Mingw32 built library.
2000-09-09  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * pthread.h (ctime_r): Fix arg.
./tests/ChangeLog:
2000-12-28  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * eyal1.c: Increase thread work loads.
        * exception2.c: New test.
        * exception3.c: New test.
        * Makefile: Add new tests exception2.c and exception3.c.
        * GNUmakefile: Likewise.
2000-12-11  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * cleanup3.c: Remove unused variable.
        * cleanup2.c: Likewise.
        * exception1.c: Throw an exception rather than use
        a deliberate zero divide so that catch(...) will
        handle it under Mingw32. Mingw32 now builds the
        library correctly to pass all tests - see Thomas
        Pfaff's detailed instructions re needed changes
        to Mingw32 in the Pthreads-Win32 FAQ. | 
|  | * 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. | 
|  | * create2.c: New; Test that pthread_t contains
        the W32 HANDLE before it calls the thread routine
        proper. | 
|  | * 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. | 
|  | * 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. | 
|  | * pthread.h: Remove #warning - VC++ doesn't accept it.
2000-08-05  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
	* pthread.h (PtW32CatchAll): Add macro. When compiling
	applications using VC++ with C++ EH rather than SEH
	'PtW32CatchAll' must be used in place of any 'catch( ... )'
	if the application wants pthread cancelation or
	pthread_exit() to work.
2000-08-03  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
	* pthread.h: Add a base class Pthread_exception for
	library internal exceptions and change the "catch"
	re-define macro to use it.
2000-08-02  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
	* GNUmakefile (CFLAGS): Add -mthreads.
	Add new targets to generate cpp and asm output.
	* sync.c (pthread_join): Remove dead code.
tests:
2000-08-06  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
	* ccl.bat: Add /nologo to remove extraneous output.
	* exception1.c (exceptionedThread): Init 'dummy';
	put expression into if condition to prevent optimising away;
	remove unused variable.
	* cancel4.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
	* cancel2.c (mythread): Missing #endif.
	* condvar9.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
	* condvar8.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
	* condvar7.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
	* cleanup3.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
	* cleanup2.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
	* cleanup1.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
	* condvar5.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
	* condvar3.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
	* condvar6.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
	* condvar4.c (mythread): Cast return value to avoid warnings.
2000-08-05  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
	* cancel2.c: Use PtW32CatchAll macro if defined.
	* exception1.c: Use PtW32CatchAll macro if defined.
2000-08-02  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
	* tsd1.c: Fix typecasts of &result [g++ is now very fussy].
	* test.h (assert): Return 0's explicitly to allay
	g++ errors.
	* join2.c: Add explicit typecasts.
	* join1.c: Add explicit typecasts.
	* join0.c: Add explicit typecasts.
	* eyal1.c: Add explicit typecasts.
	* count1.c (main): Add type cast to remove g++ parse warning
	[gcc-2.95.2 seems to have tightened up on this].
	* Makefile (GLANG): Use c++ explicitly.
	Remove MSVC sections (was commented out).
	Add target to generate cpp output. | 
|  | * sched.c (sched_get_priority_max): Handle different WinCE and
        Win32 priority values together.
        (sched_get_priority_min): Ditto.
        - Tristan Savatier <tristan@mpegtv.com>
        * create.c (pthread_create): Force new threads to wait until
        pthread_create has the new thread's handle; we also retain
        a local copy of the handle for internal use until
        pthread_create returns.
        * private.c (_pthread_threadStart): Initialise ei[].
        (_pthread_threadStart): When beginthread is used to start the
        thread, force waiting until the creator thread had the
        thread handle.
        * cancel.c (_pthread_cancel_thread): Include context switch
        code for defined(_X86_) environments in addition to _M_IX86.
        * rwlock.c (pthread_rwlock_destroy): Assignment changed
        to avoid compiler warning.
        * private.c (_pthread_get_exception_services_code): Cast
        NULL return value to avoid compiler warning.
        * cleanup.c (pthread_pop_cleanup): Initialise "cleanup" variable
        to avoid compiler warnings.
        * misc.c (_pthread_new): Change "new" variable to "t" to avoid
        confusion with the C++ keyword of the same name.
        * condvar.c (cond_wait_cleanup): Initialise lastWaiter variable.
        (cond_timedwait): Remove unused local variables. to avoid
        compiler warnings.
        * dll.c (dllMain): Remove 2000-07-21 change - problem
        appears to be in pthread_create().
2000-07-22  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * tsd.c (pthread_key_create): If a destructor was given
        and the pthread_mutex_init failed, then would try to
        reference a NULL pointer (*key); eliminate this section of
        code by using a dynamically initialised mutex
        (PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER).
        * tsd.c (pthread_setspecific): Return an error if
        unable to set the value; simplify cryptic conditional.
        * tsd.c (pthread_key_delete): Locking threadsLock relied
        on mutex_lock returning an error if the key has no destructor.
        ThreadsLock is only initialised if the key has a destructor.
        Making this mutex a static could reduce the number of mutexes
        used by an application since it is actually created only at
        first use and it's often destroyed soon after.
2000-07-22  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * FAQ: Added Q5 and Q6.
tests/ChangeLog:
2000-07-25  Ross Johnson  <rpj@special.ise.canberra.edu.au>
        * runtest.bat: modified to work under W98.
        * runall.bat: Add new tests; modified to work under W98.
        It was ok under NT.
        * Makefile: Add new tests.
        * exception1.c: New; Test passing exceptions back to the
        application and retaining library internal exceptions.
        * join0.c: New; Test a single join. | 
|  |  | 
|  | - asynchronous cancellation added
	- attempt to hide internal exceptions from applications
	- kernel32 load/free problem fixed
	- new tests
	- changes only to comments in some tests | 
|  | 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> | 
|  | * rwlock.c (pthread_rwlock_destroy): Add cast to remove compile
        warning.
        * condvar.c (pthread_cond_broadcast): Only release semaphores
        if there are waiting threads.
1999-10-15  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
        * condvar.c (cond_wait_cleanup): New static cleanup handler for
        cond_timedwait;
        (cond_timedwait): pthread_cleanup_push args changed;
        canceling a thread while it's in pthread_cond_wait
        will now decrement the waiters count and cleanup if it's the
        last waiter.
        - Lorin Hochstein <lmh@xiphos.ca> and
          Peter Slacik <Peter.Slacik@tatramed.sk>;
        the last waiter will now reset the CV's wasBroadcast flag
        - Graham Dumpleton <Graham.Dumpleton@ra.pad.otc.telstra.com.au>. | 
|  | * rwlock6.c: New test. | 
|  | * rwlock5.c: New test. | 
|  | 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. | 
|  | * exit.c (pthread_exit): Fix reference to potentially
        uninitialised pointer.
1999-08-21  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
        * private.c (_pthread_threadStart): Apply fix of 1999-08-19
        this time to C++ and non-trapped C versions. Ommitted to
        do this the first time through.
tests/ChangeLog:
Aug 22 1999  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
        * runall.bat (join2): Add test. | 
|  | * private.c (_pthread_threadStart): Return exit status from
        the application thread startup routine.
        - Milan Gardian <mg@tatramed.sk>
1999-08-18  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
        * exit.c (pthread_exit): Put status into pthread_t->exitStatus
        - John Bossom <john.Bossom@cognos.com>
        * private.c (_pthread_threadStart): Set pthread->exitStatus
        on exit of try{} block.
        - John Bossom <john.Bossom@cognos.com>
        * sync.c (pthread_join): use pthread_exitStatus value if the
        thread exit doesn't return a value (for Mingw32 CRTDLL
        which uses endthread instead of _endthreadex).
        - John Bossom <john.Bossom@cognos.com>
Tue Aug 17 20:17:58 CDT 1999  Mumit Khan  <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>
        * create.c (pthread_create): Add CRTDLL suppport.
        * exit.c (pthread_exit): Likewise.
        * private.c (_pthread_threadStart): Likewise.
        (_pthread_threadDestroy): Likewise.
        * sync.c (pthread_join): Likewise.
        * tests/join1.c (main): Warn about partial support for CRTDLL.
Tue Aug 17 20:00:08 1999  Mumit Khan  <khan@xraylith.wisc.edu>
        * Makefile.in (LD): Delete entry point.
        * acconfig.h (STDCALL): Delete unused macro.
        * configure.in: Remove test for STDCALL.
        * config.h.in: Regenerate.
        * errno.c (_errno): Fix self type.
        * pthread.h (PT_STDCALL): Move from here to
        * implement.h (PT_STDCALL): here.
        (_pthread_threadStart): Fix prototype.
        * private.c (_pthread_threadStart): Likewise.
1999-08-14  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
        * exit.c (pthread_exit): Don't call pthread_self() but
        get thread handle directly from TSD for efficiency. | 
|  | 1999-08-12  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
        * private.c (_pthread_threadStart): ei[] only declared if _MSC_VER.
tests/ChangeLog:
Wed Aug 12 1999  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
        * Makefile (LIBS): Add -L. | 
|  |  | 
|  | 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(). | 
|  | 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. | 
|  | 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. | 
|  | * condvar.c (pthread_cond_init): fix possible uninitialised use
        of cv.
Sun Mar 14 21:01:59 1999  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
        * condvar.c (pthread_cond_destroy): don't do full cleanup if
        static initialised cv has never been used.
        (cond_timedwait): check result of auto-initialisation.
tests/ChangeLog
Mon Mar 15 00:17:55 1999  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
        * mutex1.c: only test mutex init and destroy; add assertions.
        * count1.c: raise number of spawned threads to 60 (appears to
        be the limit under Win98).
Sun Mar 14 21:31:02 1999  Ross Johnson  <rpj@ixobrychus.canberra.edu.au>
        * test.h (assert): add assertion trace option.
        Use:
        "#define ASSERT_TRACE 1" to turn it on,
        "#define ASSERT_TRACE 0" to turn it off (default).
        * condvar3.c (main): add more assertions.
        * condvar4.c (main): add more assertions.
        * condvar1.c (main): add more assertions. | 
|  | * tryentercs.c: Apply typo patch from bje.
        * tryentercs2.c: Ditto. |