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[PATCH 03/10] htl: Add support for C11 threads behavior
- From: Samuel Thibault <samuel dot thibault at ens-lyon dot org>
- To: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Cc: Samuel Thibault <samuel dot thibault at ens-lyon dot org>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2020 19:52:48 +0100
- Subject: [PATCH 03/10] htl: Add support for C11 threads behavior
- References: <20200114185255.25813-1-samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org>
Essentially properly calling the thread function which returns an int
instead of a void*.
---
htl/pt-create.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
htl/pt-internal.h | 3 +++
sysdeps/htl/pthreadP.h | 3 +++
3 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/htl/pt-create.c b/htl/pt-create.c
index 0b3237f46a..090d394f53 100644
--- a/htl/pt-create.c
+++ b/htl/pt-create.c
@@ -59,7 +59,17 @@ entry_point (struct __pthread *self, void *(*start_routine) (void *), void *arg)
__pthread_startup ();
- __pthread_exit (start_routine (arg));
+ if (self->c11)
+ {
+ /* The function pointer of the c11 thread start is cast to an incorrect
+ type on __pthread_create call, however it is casted back to correct
+ one so the call behavior is well-defined (it is assumed that pointers
+ to void are able to represent all values of int). */
+ int (*start)(void*) = (int (*) (void*)) start_routine;
+ __pthread_exit ((void*) (uintptr_t) start (arg));
+ }
+ else
+ __pthread_exit (start_routine (arg));
}
/* Create a thread with attributes given by ATTR, executing
@@ -99,6 +109,14 @@ __pthread_create_internal (struct __pthread **thread,
if (err)
goto failed;
+ if (attr == ATTR_C11_THREAD)
+ {
+ attr = NULL;
+ pthread->c11 = true;
+ }
+ else
+ pthread->c11 = false;
+
/* Use the default attributes if ATTR is NULL. */
setup = attr ? attr : &__pthread_default_attr;
diff --git a/htl/pt-internal.h b/htl/pt-internal.h
index f8d7d74244..8a45854070 100644
--- a/htl/pt-internal.h
+++ b/htl/pt-internal.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ struct __pthread
/* Resolver state. */
struct __res_state res_state;
+ /* Indicates whether is a C11 thread created by thrd_creat. */
+ bool c11;
+
/* Thread context. */
struct pthread_mcontext mcontext;
diff --git a/sysdeps/htl/pthreadP.h b/sysdeps/htl/pthreadP.h
index b1c7575f89..fc8c9bc591 100644
--- a/sysdeps/htl/pthreadP.h
+++ b/sysdeps/htl/pthreadP.h
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
#include <pthread.h>
+/* Attribute to indicate thread creation was issued from C11 thrd_create. */
+#define ATTR_C11_THREAD ((void*)(uintptr_t)-1)
+
/* These represent the interface used by glibc itself. */
extern pthread_t __pthread_self (void);
--
2.24.1