Re: lib/52386: pthread(3) doesn't respect PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

The following reply was made to PR lib/52386; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
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Subject: Re: lib/52386: pthread(3) doesn't respect PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2017 16:20:39 -0400

 On Jul 9,  5:20pm, joerg%bec.de@localhost (Joerg Sonnenberger) wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: lib/52386: pthread(3) doesn't respect PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITER
 
 |  On Sun, Jul 09, 2017 at 03:30:00PM +0000, n54%gmx.com@localhost wrote:
 |  > PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS is not respected as the maximum number of destructor iterations.
 |  
 |  The test case is incorrect. PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS specifies a
 |  lower limit on the number of iterations performed. It is explicitly not
 |  a hard limit. To quote POSIX:
 |  
 |  Calling pthread_setspecific() from a thread-specific data destructor
 |  routine may result either in lost storage (after at least
 |  PTHREAD_DESTRUCTOR_ITERATIONS attempts at destruction) or in an infinite
 |  loop.
 
 I agree, but making the code using the iteration constant we advertise
 is simple enough.
 
 christos