1 files changed, 43 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/resolv/gai_notify.c b/resolv/gai_notify.c
index 987a64c0e2..c3ce0afb45 100644
--- a/resolv/gai_notify.c
+++ b/resolv/gai_notify.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 2001, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This file is part of the GNU C Library.
    Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>, 2001.
 
@@ -20,15 +20,24 @@
 #include <netdb.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
+#include <gai_misc.h>
 
-#include "gai_misc.h"
 
+struct notify_func
+  {
+    void (*func) (sigval_t);
+    sigval_t value;
+  };
 
 static void *
 notify_func_wrapper (void *arg)
 {
-  struct sigevent *sigev = arg;
-  sigev->sigev_notify_function (sigev->sigev_value);
+  gai_start_notify_thread ();
+  struct notify_func *const n = arg;
+  void (*func) (sigval_t) = n->func;
+  sigval_t value = n->value;
+  free (n);
+  (*func) (value);
   return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -54,8 +63,26 @@ __gai_notify_only (struct sigevent *sigev, pid_t caller_pid)
 	  pattr = &attr;
 	}
 
-      if (pthread_create (&tid, pattr, notify_func_wrapper, sigev) < 0)
+      /* SIGEV may be freed as soon as we return, so we cannot let the
+	 notification thread use that pointer.  Even though a sigval_t is
+	 only one word and the same size as a void *, we cannot just pass
+	 the value through pthread_create as the argument and have the new
+	 thread run the user's function directly, because on some machines
+	 the calling convention for a union like sigval_t is different from
+	 that for a pointer type like void *.  */
+      struct notify_func *nf = malloc (sizeof *nf);
+      if (nf == NULL)
 	result = -1;
+      else
+	{
+	  nf->func = sigev->sigev_notify_function;
+	  nf->value = sigev->sigev_value;
+	  if (pthread_create (&tid, pattr, notify_func_wrapper, nf) < 0)
+	    {
+	      free (nf);
+	      result = -1;
+	    }
+	}
     }
   else if (sigev->sigev_notify == SIGEV_SIGNAL)
     /* We have to send a signal.  */
@@ -79,15 +106,21 @@ __gai_notify (struct requestlist *req)
     {
       struct waitlist *next = waitlist->next;
 
-      /* Decrement the counter.  This is used in both cases.  */
-      --*waitlist->counterp;
-
       if (waitlist->sigevp == NULL)
-	pthread_cond_signal (waitlist->cond);
+	{
+#ifdef DONT_NEED_GAI_MISC_COND
+	  GAI_MISC_NOTIFY (waitlist);
+#else
+	  /* Decrement the counter.  */
+	  --*waitlist->counterp;
+
+	  pthread_cond_signal (waitlist->cond);
+#endif
+	}
       else
 	/* This is part of a asynchronous `getaddrinfo_a' operation.  If
 	   this request is the last one, send the signal.  */
-	if (*waitlist->counterp == 0)
+	if (--*waitlist->counterp == 0)
 	  {
 	    __gai_notify_only (waitlist->sigevp, waitlist->caller_pid);
 	    /* This is tricky.  See getaddrinfo_a.c for the reason why