Re: CVS commit: src/tests/lib/libpthread

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

In article <0c9230c6-d206-5332-d89c-e0b93d3ded56%gmx.com@localhost>,
Kamil Rytarowski  <n54%gmx.com@localhost> wrote:
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>On 31.10.2016 21:23, Taylor R Campbell wrote:
>>    Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2016 18:29:56 +0100
>>    From: Kamil Rytarowski <n54%gmx.com@localhost>
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>>    pthread_mutex_timedlock(3) is broken and it does not work at all for me,
>>    not as a standard mutex (like pthread_mutex_lock(3), sufficiently
>>    lengthy timeout makes it a good approximation) neither as a timed variant.
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>> If the test is expected to fail, you should mark it xfail with a
>> reference to a PR so that it doesn't draw needless attention to
>> itself.
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>> The autobuild system is designed to detect and flag unexpected
>> failures; expected ones should be documented in the PR database
>> instead.
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>You are right, thank you.
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>The problem is under investigation right now and is "hot".

I have a patch for it:

    http://www.netbsd.org/~christos/deadlock.diff
And a standalone program that reproduces it (from the test):
    http://www.netbsd.org/~christos/deadlock.c

christos