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Now that the Linux kernel is once again able to run all the tests we
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have and since glibc 2.3 was released it was time for a new code drop.
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I've uploaded the second code drop for the Native POSIX Thread
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Library:
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ftp://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl/nptl-0.2.tar.bz2
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You need
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- the latest of Linus' kernel from BitKeeper (or 2.5.41 when it
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is released);
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- glibc 2.3
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- the very latest in tools such as
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+ gcc either from the current development branch or the gcc 3.2
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from Red Hat Linux 8;
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+ binutils preferrably from CVS, from H.J. Lu's latest release for
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Linux, or from RHL 8.
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Compiling glibc should proceed smoothly. But there are a number of
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tests which fail, mostly because some functionality is missing in
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glibc. Ignore those errors. It is only important that all tests in
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nptl/ are passing. Run
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make subdirs=nptl check
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to run all thread tests.
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This version features several improvements:
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- all APIs are now implemented;
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- fork handling has been improved; stacks in the child are freed;
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atfork handlers are removed if they were registered from a module
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which gets unloaded.
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- pthread_tryjoin_np and pthread_timedjoin_np are implemented
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- TSD handling corrected and optimized.
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- many more tests which also test the underlying kernel implementation.
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- the build infrastructure has been implemented so that the DSO and
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archives are built in usable form and with correct named.
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- libthread_db has been implemented. This is the library which is
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needed by all program which need to get access to internals of
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libpthread (mainly debuggers).
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- the CPU clock functions are implemented
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The white paper hasn't yet been updated. It's still available at
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http://people.redhat.com/drepper/nptl-design.pdf
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This release should be ready for some serious testing. I know it is
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hard to compile which I why I'm looking into providing binary RPMs.
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They can be used on non-critical systems. I'll only be able to
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provide binaries for RHL8 based systems, though, and the kernel still
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must be installed separately.
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The next steps will include:
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- write more tests and fix the bugs which are discovered this way
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- update the white paper
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- write and run more performance tests
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- port to IA-64
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Interested parties are once again invited to join the mailing we
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created:
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phil-list@redhat.com
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Go to
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https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phil-list
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to subscribe, unsubscribe, or review the archive.
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