problem (bug?) with recursive mutex's

[Duncan Palmer]

Hi all,

I'm using libpthreads-0.9 and glibc-2.2.2 on x86 (redhat 7.1), and
StrongARM. I've got some code which has uses a recursive mutex, which is
held most of the time by one thread, but other threads which try to lock
the mutex are unable to. If i just use a fast mutex, everything is fine
(tho unfortunately, i really do need a recursive one).

I've attached a simple test case which reproduces the problem - it only
occurs when there is contention on the mutex, hence the usleep()...

The problem does not occur with libpthreads-0.8

Does anyone have any thoughts on this?

Cheers,
Dunk.

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