necessary to compile with _THREAD_SAFE defined. This means that people
will get thread-aware code whether they like it or not. This change
is required to allow a process to link against libpthread and libc
to use kernel threads (and prevent each thread from clobbering another
thread's errno just be doing a syscall).
This is bound to break some ports, but it is strictly allowed by ANSI C,
so anything that breaks as a result was already broken anyway 8-).
"Sorry".
default syscall asm, so add it to NOASM. The other syscalls that manipulate
kernel threads use the default asm code, so they just get built
automatically.
file works with libpthread, but when built into libc_r which has a non-weak
symbol of the same name, the linker behaves unpredicatably and sometimes
links the wrong symbol. The linker behaviour is a byproduct of what
the program calls from object to object so it is like winning a lottery
if the program actually works. The odds are quite good - 95:1, I think.
We need a sure thing, though, so weak symbols can't be used instead
of renaming things.
of the one in libc that contains the weak symbol for __error. FreeBSD's
make accumulates paths to the point that it can find *anything*, possibly
including the car keys.
In msdosfs_sync: spelling fix, formatting changes; fix MNT_LAZY (sync
modified denodes, don't sync device)
Mostly submitted by (and with hints from): bde
Increase limit for maximum disk size: as far as I can see previous limit was
gratuitously too low.
for the process, not a separate set for each thread). By default, the
process now only has signal handlers installed for SIGVTALRM, SIGINFO
and SIGCHLD. The thread kernel signal handler is installed for other
signals on demand. This means that SIG_IGN and SIG_DFL processing is now
left to the kernel, not the thread kernel.
Change the signal dispatch to no longer use a signal thread, and
call the signal handler using the stack of the thread that has the
signal pending.
Change the atomic lock method to use test-and-set asm code with
a yield if blocked. This introduces separate locks for each type
of object instead of blocking signals to prevent a context
switch. It was this blocking of signals that caused the performance
degradation the people have noted.
This is a *big* change!
deallocation cycles. This should provide a measurable improvement
on swap and memory allocation on loaded systems. It is unlikely a
complete solution. Also, provide more map info with procfs.
Chuck Cranor spurred on this improvement.
Linux emulation. This make Allegro Common Lisp 4.3 work under
FreeBSD!
Submitted by: Fred Gilham <gilham@csl.sri.com>
Commented on by: bde, dg, msmith, tg
Hoping he got everything right: eivind
