Re: Bug in pthread code

[Kyle Rose <krose@krose.org>]

Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be> writes:

>> There is a bug in the pthread_rwlock code in libc for AMD64.  I'm
>> surprised this hasn't affected any other programs.
>
> Where is that patch?  Can you please submit a bug report with (a
> link to) all relevant information and the patch to the glibc package?

I don't have a patch to glibc: I have a patch to mythtv to replace all
pthread_rwlock_* calls with a mix of pthread_mutex_* and
pthread_cond_*.

As for the glibc bug reporting system, it's too heavyweight.  I have
better things to do with my time than spend 10 minutes filing a bug.

Cheers,
Kyle