gc5.0alpha3 tarball importgc5_0alpha3

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/linux_threads.c b/linux_threads.c
index 4bcdd3a1..8287dce6 100644
--- a/linux_threads.c
+++ b/linux_threads.c
@@ -118,12 +118,12 @@ GC_linux_thread_top_of_stack() relies on implementation details of
 LinuxThreads, namely that thread stacks are allocated on 2M boundaries
 and grow to no more than 2M.
 To make sure that we're using LinuxThreads and not some other thread
-package, we generate a dummy reference to `__pthread_initial_thread_bos',
+package, we generate a dummy reference to `pthread_kill_other_threads_np'
+(was `__pthread_initial_thread_bos' but that disappeared),
 which is a symbol defined in LinuxThreads, but (hopefully) not in other
 thread packages.
 */
-extern char * __pthread_initial_thread_bos;
-char **dummy_var_to_force_linux_threads = &__pthread_initial_thread_bos;
+void (*dummy_var_to_force_linux_threads)() = pthread_kill_other_threads_np;
 
 #define LINUX_THREADS_STACK_SIZE  (2 * 1024 * 1024)