Bug#248192: setpshared on amd64 not working?

[Daniel Jacobowitz <dan@debian.org>]

On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 08:44:27PM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.3.2.ds1-12
> 
> It seems that pthread_condattr_setpshared and
> pthread_mutexattr_setpshared both return 38 (ENOSYS) when called
> on amd64.
> 
> Example code:
> 
> 	pthread_condattr_t condattr;
> 	printf("%d\n", pthread_condattr_init(&condattr));
> 	printf("%d\n", pthread_condattr_setpshared(&condattr, PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED));
> 
> prints:
> 0
> 38
> 
> The same test on i386 returns:
> 0
> 0
> 
> I find it rather strange because the code says:
>   /* For now it is not possible to shared a conditional variable. */
>   if (pshared != PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE)
>     return ENOSYS;
> 
> Am I missing something?

Details about the kernel and environment on both test systems?

Presumably setpshared is supported by NPTL and not by LinuxThreads.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz