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author | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 2000-11-08 21:20:06 +0000 |
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committer | Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> | 2000-11-08 21:20:06 +0000 |
commit | d3d99893eeedbb681f6b9b76427c33129d69834d (patch) | |
tree | 104144f66e8fba0b8b8d1fd958b9df8bd2236c56 /linuxthreads | |
parent | a1e88b9a2fe01ed6bb3ba749af7d98e89bb14d3f (diff) | |
download | glibc-d3d99893eeedbb681f6b9b76427c33129d69834d.tar.gz |
Update.
* catgets/gencat.c (main): Don't use exit() to avoid warnings with
broken compilers.
* include/features.h (__STDC_ISO_10646__): Correct value to be
200009L. Patch by Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn@cl.cam.ac.uk>.
2000-11-08 H.J. Lu <hjl@gnu.org>
* pwd/Versions (GLIBC_2.1.2): Add getpwnam_r.
2000-11-08 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
* string/bits/string2.h: Check if _USE_STRING_ARCH_ macros are
defined, not _HAVE_STRING_ARCH_.
* sysdeps/i386/bits/string.h (_USE_STRING_ARCH_memset,
_USE_STRING_ARCH_strchr): Define.
* sysdeps/i386/i486/bits/string.h (_USE_STRING_ARCH_memset,
_USE_STRING_ARCH_strchr): Define.
* sysdeps/sparc/bits/string.h: New file.
2000-11-08 Bruno Haible <haible@clisp.cons.org>
* locale/C-translit.h.in: Tweak <U2014> result.
* locale/C-translit.h: Regenerated.
2000-11-08 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* posix/unistd.h: Add attribute((const)) to sysconf prototype.
Diffstat (limited to 'linuxthreads')
-rw-r--r-- | linuxthreads/ChangeLog | 11 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | linuxthreads/linuxthreads.texi | 75 |
2 files changed, 80 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/linuxthreads/ChangeLog b/linuxthreads/ChangeLog index 5bfee849b5..685f8ef04f 100644 --- a/linuxthreads/ChangeLog +++ b/linuxthreads/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2000-11-08 Bruce Mitchener <bruce@cubik.org> + + * linuxthreads.texi: Add documentation for pthreads attributes + guardsize, stackaddr, stacksize, and stack. Fix typo in previous + patch. Document pthread_[sg]etconcurrency(). Mark + pthread_mutexattr_[sg]ettype() as POSIX rather than GNU. + 2000-11-07 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/bits/posix_opt.h (_POSIX_MESSAGE_PASSING): @@ -19,7 +26,7 @@ 2000-10-29 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * attr.c (__pthread_attr_setguardsize): Don't round guardsize - here. Reported by Bruce <bruce@puremagic.com>. + here. Reported by Bruce Mitchener <bruce@cubik.org>. * linuxthreads.texi: Changes terminology to 'type' from 'kind' when discussing mutexes. (As per the Unix98 name for the API.) @@ -30,7 +37,7 @@ PTHREAD_MUTEXATTR_ADAPTIVE_NP. Begins to introduce discussion of the ``timed'' mutex type. This discussion is currently incomplete. - Patch by Bruce <bruce@puremagic.com>. + Patch by Bruce Mitchener <bruce@cubik.org>. 2000-10-26 Kazumoto Kojima <kkojima@rr.iij4u.or.jp> Yutaka Niibe <gniibe@chroot.org> diff --git a/linuxthreads/linuxthreads.texi b/linuxthreads/linuxthreads.texi index a3096b0c1f..1f2d1a2fac 100644 --- a/linuxthreads/linuxthreads.texi +++ b/linuxthreads/linuxthreads.texi @@ -181,10 +181,15 @@ left in an undefined state, and you must not use it again in a call to any pthreads function until it has been reinitialized. @end deftypefun +@findex pthread_attr_setdetachstate +@findex pthread_attr_setguardsize @findex pthread_attr_setinheritsched @findex pthread_attr_setschedparam @findex pthread_attr_setschedpolicy @findex pthread_attr_setscope +@findex pthread_attr_setstack +@findex pthread_attr_setstackaddr +@findex pthread_attr_setstacksize @comment pthread.h @comment POSIX @deftypefun int pthread_attr_setattr (pthread_attr_t *@var{obj}, int @var{value}) @@ -198,10 +203,15 @@ for the @var{attr} being modified, they will return the error code below. @end deftypefun +@findex pthread_attr_getdetachstate +@findex pthread_attr_getguardsize @findex pthread_attr_getinheritsched @findex pthread_attr_getschedparam @findex pthread_attr_getschedpolicy @findex pthread_attr_getscope +@findex pthread_attr_getstack +@findex pthread_attr_getstackaddr +@findex pthread_attr_getstacksize @comment pthread.h @comment POSIX @deftypefun int pthread_attr_getattr (const pthread_attr_t *@var{obj}, int *@var{value}) @@ -279,8 +289,45 @@ interpreted relative to the priorities of the other threads of the process, regardless of the priorities of other processes. @code{PTHREAD_SCOPE_PROCESS} is not supported in LinuxThreads. If you -try to set the scope to this value @code{pthread_attr_setscope} will +try to set the scope to this value, @code{pthread_attr_setscope} will fail and return @code{ENOTSUP}. + +@item stackaddr +Provide an address for an application managed stack. The size of the +stack must be at least @code{PTHREAD_STACK_MIN}. + +@item stacksize +Change the size of the stack created for the thread. The value defines +the minimum stack size, in bytes. + +If the value exceeds the system's maximum stack size, or is smaller +than @code{PTHREAD_STACK_MIN}, @code{pthread_attr_setstacksize} will +fail and return @code{EINVAL}. + +@item stack +Provide both the address and size of an application managed stack to +use for the new thread. The base of the memory area is @var{stackaddr} +with the size of the memory area, @var{stacksize}, measured in bytes. + +If the value of @var{stacksize} is less than @code{PTHREAD_STACK_MIN}, +or greater than the system's maximum stack size, or if the value of +@var{stackaddr} lacks the proper alignment, @code{pthread_attr_setstack} +will fail and return @code{EINVAL}. + +@item guardsize +Change the minimum size in bytes of the guard area for the thread's +stack. The default size is a single page. If this value is set, it +will be rounded up to the nearest page size. If the value is set to 0, +a guard area will not be created for this thread. The space allocated +for the guard area is used to catch stack overflow. Therefore, when +allocating large structures on the stack, a larger guard area may be +required to catch a stack overflow. + +If the caller is managing their own stacks (if the @code{stackaddr} +attribute has been set), then the @code{guardsize} attribute is ignored. + +If the value exceeds the @code{stacksize}, @code{pthread_atrr_setguardsize} +will fail and return @code{EINVAL}. @end table @node Cancellation @@ -722,9 +769,9 @@ The default mutex type is ``timed'', that is, @code{PTHREAD_MUTEX_TIMED_NP}. @c This doesn't describe how a ``timed'' mutex behaves. FIXME @comment pthread.h -@comment GNU +@comment POSIX @deftypefun int pthread_mutexattr_settype (pthread_mutexattr_t *@var{attr}, int @var{type}) -@code{pthread_mutexattr_settyp3} sets the mutex type attribute in +@code{pthread_mutexattr_settype} sets the mutex type attribute in @var{attr} to the value specified by @var{type}. If @var{type} is not @code{PTHREAD_MUTEX_ADAPTIVE_NP}, @@ -739,7 +786,7 @@ and @code{PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK} are also permitted. @end deftypefun @comment pthread.h -@comment GNU +@comment POSIX @deftypefun int pthread_mutexattr_gettype (const pthread_mutexattr_t *@var{attr}, int *@var{type}) @code{pthread_mutexattr_gettype} retrieves the current value of the mutex type attribute in @var{attr} and stores it in the location pointed @@ -1561,3 +1608,23 @@ The @var{target_thread} is invalid or has already terminated. @end table @end deftypefun + +@comment pthread.h +@comment POSIX +@deftypefun int pthread_setconcurrency (int @var{level}) +@code{pthread_setconcurrency} is unused in LinuxThreads due to the lack +of a mapping of user threads to kernel threads. It exists for source +compatibility. It does store the value @var{level} so that it can be +returned by a subsequent call to @code{pthread_getconcurrency}. It takes +no other action however. +@end deftypefun + +@comment pthread.h +@comment POSIX +@deftypefun int pthread_getconcurrency () +@code{pthread_getconcurrency} is unused in LinuxThreads due to the lack +of a mapping of user threads to kernel threads. It exists for source +compatibility. However, it will return the value that was set by the +last call to @code{pthread_setconcurrency}. +@end deftypefun + |