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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1998-12-14 16:33:50 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>1998-12-14 16:33:50 +0000
commitfbaf6e72d676629c21d00eab5824571b1b26a2b2 (patch)
tree24eac15a02a6ea5f04df569a4c6519b13612afca /linuxthreads/spinlock.c
parent60876a75445b1b65e4a0ec54e18205a79f79466b (diff)
Update.
* spinlock.c (__pthread_unlock): Don"t crash if called for an untaken mutex. Reported by Ruslan V. Brushkoff <rus@Snif.Te.Net.UA>.
Diffstat (limited to 'linuxthreads/spinlock.c')
-rw-r--r--linuxthreads/spinlock.c8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/linuxthreads/spinlock.c b/linuxthreads/spinlock.c
index 00a8691e5b..c8f8f71293 100644
--- a/linuxthreads/spinlock.c
+++ b/linuxthreads/spinlock.c
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ void internal_function __pthread_unlock(struct _pthread_fastlock * lock)
again:
oldstatus = lock->__status;
- if (oldstatus == 1) {
- /* No threads are waiting for this lock */
- if (! compare_and_swap(&lock->__status, 1, 0, &lock->__spinlock))
+ if (oldstatus == 0 || oldstatus == 1) {
+ /* No threads are waiting for this lock. Please note that we also
+ enter this case if the lock is not taken at all. If this wouldn't
+ be done here we would crash further down. */
+ if (! compare_and_swap(&lock->__status, oldstatus, 0, &lock->__spinlock))
goto again;
return;
}