How goes the NPTL merge?

[Mike Frysinger]

On Monday 16 March 2009 02:35:57 Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 February 2009 06:49:09 Denys Vlasenko wrote:
> > (5) Can you create some rudimentary documentation about NPTL internals
> > and put it into docs/*? I do not understand what this "cancellation"
> > stuff is all about and why we need to bend over backwards to support it.
> > I imagine there is a very good reason for it, but "imagine" and
> > "understand" are two different things. Docs will really help here.
> > If you want them proof-read and discussed, the mailing list is the best
> > place.
>
> the POSIX docs explain cancellation.  it's a pure pthread concept and has
> no bearing when threads are disabled.  see like pthread_cancel(3).

btw, if you arent able to glean an understanding from those, lemme know and i
can throw together a "cancellation for dummies" doc ...

although a quick google shows this as a pretty good intro:
http://www.rcnp.osaka-u.ac.jp/unix/DOCUMENTATION/HTML/AA-Q2DPC-TKT1_html/thrd0045.html
-mike
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