Fix rwlock stall with PREFER_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_NP (bug 23861)

In the read lock function (__pthread_rwlock_rdlock_full) there was a
code path which would fail to reload __readers while waiting for
PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RWAITING to change. This failure to reload __readers
into a local value meant that various conditionals used the old value
of __readers and with only two threads left it could result in an
indefinite stall of one of the readers (waiting for PTHREAD_RWLOCK_RWAITING
to go to zero, but it never would).

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diff --git a/nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c b/nptl/tst-rwlock-pwn.c
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+/* Test rwlock with PREFER_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_NP (bug 23861).
+   Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <pthread.h>
+#include <support/xthread.h>
+
+/* We choose 10 iterations because this happens to be able to trigger the
+   stall on contemporary hardware.  */
+#define LOOPS 10
+/* We need 3 threads to trigger bug 23861.  One thread as a writer, and
+   two reader threads.  The test verifies that the second-to-last reader
+   is able to notify the *last* reader that it should be done waiting.
+   If the second-to-last reader fails to notify the last reader or does
+   so incorrectly then the last reader may stall indefinitely.  */
+#define NTHREADS 3
+
+_Atomic int do_exit;
+pthread_rwlockattr_t mylock_attr;
+pthread_rwlock_t mylock;
+
+void *
+run_loop (void *a)
+{
+  while (!do_exit)
+    {
+      if (random () & 1)
+	{
+	  xpthread_rwlock_wrlock (&mylock);
+	  xpthread_rwlock_unlock (&mylock);
+	}
+      else
+	{
+	  xpthread_rwlock_rdlock (&mylock);
+	  xpthread_rwlock_unlock (&mylock);
+	}
+    }
+  return NULL;
+}
+
+int
+do_test (void)
+{
+  xpthread_rwlockattr_init (&mylock_attr);
+  xpthread_rwlockattr_setkind_np (&mylock_attr,
+				  PTHREAD_RWLOCK_PREFER_WRITER_NONRECURSIVE_NP);
+  xpthread_rwlock_init (&mylock, &mylock_attr);
+
+  for (int n = 0; n < LOOPS; n++)
+    {
+      pthread_t tids[NTHREADS];
+      do_exit = 0;
+      for (int i = 0; i < NTHREADS; i++)
+	tids[i] = xpthread_create (NULL, run_loop, NULL);
+      /* Let the threads run for some time.  */
+      sleep (1);
+      printf ("Exiting...");
+      fflush (stdout);
+      do_exit = 1;
+      for (int i = 0; i < NTHREADS; i++)
+	xpthread_join (tids[i]);
+      printf ("done.\n");
+    }
+  pthread_rwlock_destroy (&mylock);
+  pthread_rwlockattr_destroy (&mylock_attr);
+  return 0;
+}
+
+#define TIMEOUT (DEFAULT_TIMEOUT + 3 * LOOPS)
+#include <support/test-driver.c>