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* Remove CPU set size checking from affinity functions [BZ #19143]Florian Weimer2015-11-241-2/+0
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | With current kernel versions, the check does not reliably detect that unavailable CPUs are requested, for these reasons: (1) The kernel will silently ignore non-allowed CPUs, that is, CPUs which are physically present but disallowed for the thread based on system configuration. (2) Similarly, CPU bits which lack an online CPU (possible CPUs) are ignored. (3) The existing probing code assumes that the CPU mask size is a power of two and at least 1024. Neither has it to be a power of two, nor is the minimum possible value 1024, so the value determined is often too large. This means that the CPU set size check in glibc accepts CPU bits beyond the actual hard system limit. (4) Future kernel versions may not even have a fixed CPU set size. After the removal of the probing code, the kernel still returns EINVAL if no CPU in the requested set remains which can run the thread after the affinity change. Applications which care about the exact affinity mask will have to query it using sched_getaffinity after setting it. Due to the effects described above, this commit does not change this. The new tests supersede tst-getcpu, which is removed. This addresses bug 19164 because the new tests allocate CPU sets dynamically. * nptl/check-cpuset.h: Remove. * nptl/pthread_attr_setaffinity.c (__pthread_attr_setaffinity_new): Remove CPU set size check. * nptl/pthread_setattr_default_np.c (pthread_setattr_default_np): Likewise. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/check-cpuset.h: Remove. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/pthread_setaffinity.c (__kernel_cpumask_size, __determine_cpumask_size): Remove. (__pthread_setaffinity_new): Remove CPU set size check. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sched_setaffinity.c (__kernel_cpumask_size): Remove. (__sched_setaffinity_new): Remove CPU set size check. * manual/threads.texi (Default Thread Attributes): Remove stale reference to check_cpuset_attr, determine_cpumask_size in comment. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/Makefile [$(subdir) == posix] (tests): Remove tst-getcpu. Add tst-affinity, tst-affinity-pid. [$(subdir) == nptl] (tests): Add tst-thread-affinity-pthread, tst-thread-affinity-pthread2, tst-thread-affinity-sched. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-affinity.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-affinity-pid.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-skeleton-affinity.c: New skeleton test file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thread-affinity-sched.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thread-affinity-pthread.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thread-affinity-pthread2.c: New file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-thread-skeleton-affinity.c: New skeleton test file. * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/tst-getcpu.c: Remove. Superseded by tst-affinity-pid.
* Add header and standard information to threads.texi.Carlos O'Donell2014-02-281-0/+12
| | | | | | | The glibc manual uses special annotations to include functions in the summary chapter. These annotations were missing from the functions in the threads chapter. This patch adds those special markers and in turn adds these functions to the summary chapter.
* * manual/threads.texi (pthread_key_create, pthread_key_delete,Alexandre Oliva2014-02-031-8/+28
| | | | | | | pthread_getspecific, pthread_setspecific): Format with @deftypefun, and add @safety note. * manual/signal.texi: Move comments that analyze the above functions to their home place.
* * manual/threads.texi: Document MTASC-safety properties.Alexandre Oliva2014-02-011-0/+138
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* Fix typo in manualSiddhesh Poyarekar2013-10-041-1/+1
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* manual: Fix a typo in `POSIX Threads' sectionMaciej W. Rozycki2013-09-231-1/+1
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* Add first set of memory probes.Alexandre Oliva2013-09-201-1/+1
| | | | | | | | | | | for ChangeLog * malloc/malloc.c: Include stap-probe.h. (__libc_mallopt): Add memory_mallopt probe. * malloc/arena.c (_int_new_arena): Add memory_arena_new probe. * manual/probes.texi: New. * manual/Makefile (chapters): Add probes. * manual/threads.texi: Set next node.
* Add documentation for default pthread attribute functionsSiddhesh Poyarekar2013-06-151-0/+40
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* Rename nptl.texi to threads.texiSiddhesh Poyarekar2013-03-191-0/+44
The manual and its file names are about interfaces and not the implementation details.