NetBSD's PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX is set to 256, which is low compared to
other systems like Linux (1024) or MacOS X (512). As a result some
setups tested on Linux will exhibit problems on NetBSD because of
pthread_keys usage beyond the limit. This happens for instance on
Apache with various module loaded, and in this case no particular
developper can be blamed for going beyond the limit, since several
modules from different sources contribute to the problem.
This patch makes the limit conigurable through the PTHREAD_KEYS_MAX
environement variable. If undefined, the default remains unchanged
(256). In any case, the value cannot be lowered below POSIX-mandated
_POSIX_THREAD_KEYS_MAX (128).
While there:
- use EXIT_FAILURE instead of 1 when calling err(3) in libpthread.
- Reset _POSIX_THREAD_KEYS_MAX to POSIX mandated 128, instead of 256.
- Fail if the dlopened libpthread does pthread_create(). From manu@
- Discussed at length in the mailing lists; approved by core@
- This was chosen as the least intrusive patch that will provide
the necessary functionality.
XXX: pullup to 6
and pthread_{g,s}etspecific functions, to one that invalidates
values of keys in other threads when pthread_key_delete() is called.
This fixes chromium, which expects pthread_key_delete() to do
cleanup in all threads.
- Add new functions: pthread_mutex_held_np, mutex_owner_np, rwlock_held_np,
rwlock_wrheld_np, rwlock_rdheld_np. These match the kernel's locking
primitives and can be used when porting kernel code to userspace.
- Always create LWPs detached. Do join/exit sync mostly in userland. When
looped on a dual core box this seems ~30% quicker than using lwp_wait().
Reduce number of lock acquire/release ops during thread exit.
Chops another ~10% off create/join in a loop on i386.
- Disable low level debugging as this is stable. Improves benchmarks
across the board by a small percentage. Uncontested mutex acquire
and release in a loop becomes about 8% quicker.
- Minor cleanup.
for that file to not be built with profiling. This makes it reasonable to
use pthread_{set,get}specific() to implement thread-safe profiline call counts.
