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Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 10:02:43 +0200
From: Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@...ia.fr>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: C threads, v. 6.2
Am Freitag, den 29.08.2014, 09:56 +0200 schrieb Jens Gustedt:
> All of this would explode in our face the day a user wants to use
> pthread_mutex_t and mtx_t in the same application. A use case could be
> that he uses one library that protects CS with pthread_mutex_t and
> another that uses mtx_t. Now suddenly we have code that sees two
> different types, with possibly subtle bugs due to aliasing.
>
> So in conclusion, it is doable, but I don't like it at all.
To give it a positive turn, for the moment I'd prefer to roll this
back and have the two types pthread_mutex_t and pthread_cond_t violate
the namespace rules of libc for the moment. This is not perfect, but
also not a serious drawback.
This would have the advantage of being conservative on the pthread
side and not to delay the schedule.
Jens
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