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Message-ID: <20110813233852.GL132@brightrain.aerifal.cx>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:38:52 -0400
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...ifal.cx>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: cluts daily reports 8/13 - pthread_eintr expanded

On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 09:10:05PM +0200, Luka Marčetić wrote:
> Done:
>     *a lot more work done on pthread_eintr (if you need me to
> explain any of the unfinished code, tell me)
> Priorities:
>     *pthread_eintr needs work (if someone's proficient with
> valgrind, I would appreciate help interpreting the output)

pthread_equal test is wrong. This function returns a boolean value,
not an error code. I have no idea why the text "The pthread_equal()
function shall not return an error code of [EINTR]" appears in POSIX
for this function. Presumably it was a copy-and-paste error.

Rich

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