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| author | Guillaume Cottenceau <gc@mandriva.com> | 2001-05-14 14:17:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Guillaume Cottenceau <gc@mandriva.com> | 2001-05-14 14:17:54 +0000 |
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diff --git a/mdk-stage1/dietlibc/libpthread/README b/mdk-stage1/dietlibc/libpthread/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000..3139c731d --- /dev/null +++ b/mdk-stage1/dietlibc/libpthread/README @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +LIBPTHREAD + + This is the pthread implementation of dietlibc. + Written from scratch by Olaf Dreesen. + +1. STATUS: incomplete but should work (or not... I had a lot of heisen-bugs...) + On non i386 archs the kernel header have major differences... + NO workaround yet for this problems... + +It's like linuxthreads a clone base thread implementation. + +I have implemented a "Manager Thread" with all the pain it involves... +Nested thread creation is now working fine... + + +2. HOW-TO make this lib: + + 1. generate the dietlibc in the parent directory. + and make sure you have WANT_THREAD_SAVE active in the file: + dietfeatures.h + + 2. change back here and type make + + and then you should have a libpthread.a + + +3. NOTES + +NON STANDARD SIGNAL HANDLING for the threads: + + SIGHUP the targeted thread is canceled + depends on the cancel type of the thread. + + ASYNCHRONOUS: the signal handler will KILL the thread immediately. + + DEFERRED: the signal handler mark its thread as canceled. + (only for the sig-handler to do some sane stuff...) + + SIGTERM the thread is KILLED + if the thread signaled is the main thread, then ALL child-threads + will get a SIGHUP and after some micros a SIGTERM.... + |