regular threads can block in the kernel while holding (libpthread) locks
and have to be continued
XXX if the blocked upcall is preempted, the blocked threads syscall
XXX return value can get lost
- prevent BLOCKED upcalls on double page faults and during upcalls
- make libpthread handle blocked threads which hold locks
- prevent UNBLOCKED upcalls from overtaking their BLOCKED upcall
this adds a new syscall sa_unblockyield
see also http://mail-index.netbsd.org/tech-kern/2003/09/15/0020.html
When disabling cancellation, clear the pt_cancel flag if it was set
and note the cancellation request with PT_FLAG_CS_PENDING. This avoids
a problem where a cancellation request entered but not acted upon before
pthread_setcanclstate(PTHREAD_CANCEL_DISABLE) is called would still be
aceted upon before cancellation was re-enabled.
in switchto targets and vitims, and print it in debug messages (including
indication of whether a context is trap or user context).
Remove obsolete pt_sleepuc handling.
thread from the continuation chain: Not only must it have released all
spinlocks, but it must have signaled completion by finishing pthread__switch
or by having stored into pt_switchto.
Together with the previous pthread_switch.S changes, this fixes a couple of
crasehes caused by race conditions in the examination and use of pt_next,
and by switching to empty pt_switchtouc's.
1. add new pthread__abort() and change pthread_assert(0) to it.
2. put constcond in the right place (in the macro).
3. no space after pthread__assert macro.
accumulate half of the total number. There are too many ways for
the SA subsystem to deadlock waiting for stacks that userland has no
reason to recycle.
* Consolidate switchto handling in pthread_resolve_locks().
* Add code to re-chain the preempting parents of switchtos.
* Tweak debuglog output in a couple of cases.
switch statement, and moving upcall-type-specific code into that switch.
Beneficial side effect: don't manipulate a statelock before lock resolution
occurs.
- Signal handlers now simply continue executing the current thread,
rather than trying to put themselves back on the queue that they came
from, which was rather fragile. As a result, all callers of
pthread__block() must be prepared to handle spurious wakeups.
- When a signal arrives for a thread that is blocked in the kernel,
note this in another field in pthread_st and set a flag. Process the
signal and set up the trampoline for the handler *after* the thread
unblocks, so that both the trampoline and the returned state from
the kernel are preserved.
- Factor out some code into a pthread__deliver_signal() routine;
the signal-taking code in pthread_sigmask() should be able to use this
soon.
This is still gross, and there are still some terrible MP issues lurking here,
but progress crawls along.
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