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authorJakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>2007-07-12 15:40:54 +0000
committerJakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>2007-07-12 15:40:54 +0000
commitd8cdfda31e549353cad281ac112fcde6db6e521b (patch)
tree314e977912cbcb293ebd80a0150302b572c89154 /nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fork.c
parenteff61d5bf192516c4b075983fe899ad4ababb312 (diff)
2007-02-25 Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fork.c (__libc_fork): Reset refcntr in new thread, don't just decrement it. Patch by Suzuki K P <suzuki@in.ibm.com>.
Diffstat (limited to 'nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fork.c')
-rw-r--r--nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fork.c7
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fork.c b/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fork.c
index 840974401b..f6691e1344 100644
--- a/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fork.c
+++ b/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/fork.c
@@ -167,8 +167,11 @@ __libc_fork (void)
allp->handler->child_handler ();
/* Note that we do not have to wake any possible waiter.
- This is the only thread in the new process. */
- --allp->handler->refcntr;
+ This is the only thread in the new process. The count
+ may have been bumped up by other threads doing a fork.
+ We reset it to 1, to avoid waiting for non-existing
+ thread(s) to release the count. */
+ allp->handler->refcntr = 1;
/* XXX We could at this point look through the object pool
and mark all objects not on the __fork_handlers list as