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-rw-r--r--nptl/pthread_cancel.c18
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/pthread_cancel.c b/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
index f11a9243fb..43b65b6c02 100644
--- a/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
+++ b/nptl/pthread_cancel.c
@@ -36,10 +36,12 @@ pthread_cancel (th)
return ESRCH;
int result = 0;
- while (1)
+ int oldval;
+ int newval;
+ do
{
- int oldval = pd->cancelhandling;
- int newval = oldval | CANCELING_BITMASK | CANCELED_BITMASK;
+ oldval = pd->cancelhandling;
+ newval = oldval | CANCELING_BITMASK | CANCELED_BITMASK;
/* Avoid doing unnecessary work. The atomic operation can
potentially be expensive if the bug has to be locked and
@@ -66,13 +68,11 @@ pthread_cancel (th)
break;
}
-
- /* Mark the thread as canceled. This has to be done
- atomically since other bits could be modified as well. */
- if (atomic_compare_and_exchange_acq (&pd->cancelhandling, newval,
- oldval) == 0)
- break;
}
+ /* Mark the thread as canceled. This has to be done
+ atomically since other bits could be modified as well. */
+ while (atomic_compare_and_exchange_bool_acq (&pd->cancelhandling, newval,
+ oldval));
return result;
}