From: | ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr |
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To: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled ...) |
Date: | 2003-09-03 18:03:03 |
Message-ID: | Pine.UW2.4.53.0309032002130.19756@server.pyrenet.fr |
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Ok, I don't know much about threads; would you write a simple program for
us to test?
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:58:53 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
> To: Olivier PRENANT <ohp(at)pyrenet(dot)fr>
> Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Unixware Patch (Was: Re: Beta2 Tag'd and Bundled
> ...)
>
> Olivier PRENANT wrote:
> > >> It's ok to assume thread-safety, as the SCO developer (Kean Johnston)
> > >> asked the threads guys, and he said that the libc stuff is
> > >> thread-safe so they don't have to have 2 different versions in libc.
> > >>
> > >> LER
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > If any one can write a program that can prove anything (I can't), I'm
> > willing to test it here on a bi-pro (bi PIII and bi-XEON with JT
> > enabled) running uw713.
> > Maybe it will end the discussion and make a point in either way. So that
> > we (you?) can move on with the other unixware patches.
>
> You don't need a SMP machine to test threads. You just need one thread
> to do the function call, then another to do the function call and see if
> the two pointers are different. They calls don't have to happen at the
> same time. Ideally you could make call in the two threads with
> different arguments, then after both calls are completed, test that the
> two static areas have the proper _different_ values.
>
>
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