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List:       glibc-alpha
Subject:    Re: [PATCH v7] nptl: Fix Race conditions in pthread cancellation [BZ#12683]
From:       Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha <libc-alpha () sourceware ! org>
Date:       2023-08-31 18:30:18
Message-ID: 87fs3zawud.fsf () oldenburg ! str ! redhat ! com
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* Carlos O'Donell via Libc-alpha:

> My opinion is that we should consider a model where the syscall is a
> range of instructions and that creates some interesting implementation
> details which I will discuss. Without your implementation I would
> never have thought this necessary, but your requirement to go back to
> legacy single instruction syscalls raises a yellow flag for me here.

I think it's not fair to bring up hypothetical glibc ports that may
never be submitted upstream.  We should evaluate the change in the
context of the present sources and supported architectures.

Thanks,
Florian

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