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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2006-04-27 18:17:50 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2006-04-27 18:17:50 +0000
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* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timer_routines.c (timer_helper_thread):
	Allocate new object which is passed to timer_sigev_thread so that
	the timer can be deleted before the new thread is scheduled.
Diffstat (limited to 'nptl')
-rw-r--r--nptl/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timer_routines.c36
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/nptl/ChangeLog b/nptl/ChangeLog
index c725b8d243..132b2d07ef 100644
--- a/nptl/ChangeLog
+++ b/nptl/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2006-04-27  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timer_routines.c (timer_helper_thread):
+	Allocate new object which is passed to timer_sigev_thread so that
+	the timer can be deleted before the new thread is scheduled.
+
 2006-04-26  Roland McGrath  <roland@redhat.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/x86_64/tls.h: Include <asm/prctl.h> inside [! __ASSEMBLER__].
diff --git a/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timer_routines.c b/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timer_routines.c
index c180b27c96..a5eb442251 100644
--- a/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timer_routines.c
+++ b/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/timer_routines.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2003.
 
@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@
 #include "kernel-posix-timers.h"
 
 
+struct thread_start_data
+{
+  void (*thrfunc) (sigval_t);
+  sigval_t sival;
+};
+
+
 #ifdef __NR_timer_create
 /* Helper thread to call the user-provided function.  */
 static void *
@@ -40,10 +47,16 @@ timer_sigev_thread (void *arg)
   INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
   INTERNAL_SYSCALL (rt_sigprocmask, err, 4, SIG_SETMASK, &ss, NULL, _NSIG / 8);
 
-  struct timer *tk = (struct timer *) arg;
+  struct thread_start_data *td = (struct thread_start_data *) arg;
+
+  void (*thrfunc) (sigval_t) = td->thrfunc;
+  sigval_t sival = td->sival;
+
+  /* The TD object was allocated in timer_helper_thread.  */
+  free (td);
 
   /* Call the user-provided function.  */
-  tk->thrfunc (tk->sival);
+  thrfunc (sival);
 
   return NULL;
 }
@@ -82,10 +95,19 @@ timer_helper_thread (void *arg)
 	  if (si.si_code == SI_TIMER)
 	    {
 	      struct timer *tk = (struct timer *) si.si_ptr;
-
-	      /* That the signal we are waiting for.  */
-	      pthread_t th;
-	      (void) pthread_create (&th, &tk->attr, timer_sigev_thread, tk);
+	      struct thread_start_data *td = malloc (sizeof (*td));
+
+	      /* There is not much we can do if the allocation fails.  */
+	      if (td != NULL)
+		{
+		  /* That is the signal we are waiting for.  */
+		  td->thrfunc = tk->thrfunc;
+		  td->sival = tk->sival;
+
+		  pthread_t th;
+		  (void) pthread_create (&th, &tk->attr, timer_sigev_thread,
+					 td);
+		}
 	    }
 	  else if (si.si_code == SI_TKILL)
 	    /* The thread is canceled.  */