Re: 1.7.15-1: pthread_cancel and pthread_kill not working as expected

[Corinna Vinschen <corinna-cygwin at cygwin dot com>]

On May 21 12:26, Otto Meta wrote:
> > You should always try the most recent http://cygwin.com/snapshots.
> 
> Thanks for the suggestion, that did indeed change something: The tests
> yield the same half-broken behaviour for pthread_cancel as with 1.7.7
> and 1.7.9. Thatâs better than the almost completely broken behaviour
> from 1.7.12-1 to 1.7.15-1. pthread_kill is still as unreliable as in
> 1.7.12-1 and newer, though.
> 
> Results with cygwin1-20120517.dll:
> 
> Test 1:
>   Blocking on semaphore: Works
>   Blocking on pause(): Works
>   Blocking on read(): Not deterministic: One thread is killed, the other
>     two stay
> 
> Test 2:
>   Independent of what the threads are blocked on, nothing is cancelled.
> 
> Test 3:
>   Blocking on semaphore: May or may not signal the correct thread.
>   Blocking on pause(): Same as semaphore.
>   Blocking on read(): One thread executes the signal handler, the other
>     two don't. Thread chosen seemingly at random.
> 
> Test 4:
>   Not deterministic: Targeted thread either executes the signal handler
>   every time or not at all.
> 
> Test 5:
>   Not deterministic: Threads may or may not exit after being poked.
> 
> Test 6:
>   Not deterministic: Threads may or may not exit after being poked.
> 
> In short:
> - Deferred pthread_cancel seems to work.
> - Asynchronous pthtread_cancel seems to have no effect.
> - pthread_kill is basically hit or miss.

Would you mind to provide *simple* testcases to allow easy debugging
of your observations?


Thanks,
Corinna

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