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authorErlang/OTP <[email protected]>2011-12-27 15:20:41 +0100
committerErlang/OTP <[email protected]>2011-12-27 15:20:41 +0100
commit23a74bb235342e374b4da9eade8faf2d36fc66c2 (patch)
treea268a57acc7e3bf3df8988f5f2dd308afdcd9a9c /erts
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Merge branch 'rickard/lwsync/OTP-9843' into maint-r15
* rickard/lwsync/OTP-9843: Fix lwsync instruction feature test
Diffstat (limited to 'erts')
-rw-r--r--erts/lib_src/pthread/ethread.c49
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/erts/lib_src/pthread/ethread.c b/erts/lib_src/pthread/ethread.c
index ad29249bac..fb7d135418 100644
--- a/erts/lib_src/pthread/ethread.c
+++ b/erts/lib_src/pthread/ethread.c
@@ -123,34 +123,53 @@ ethr_ts_event *ethr_get_tse__(void)
#if defined(ETHR_PPC_RUNTIME_CONF__)
-static volatile int lwsync_caused_sigill;
+#include <sys/wait.h>
static void
handle_lwsync_sigill(int signum)
{
- lwsync_caused_sigill = 1;
+ _exit(1);
}
static int
ppc_init__(void)
{
- struct sigaction act, oact;
- lwsync_caused_sigill = 0;
+ int pid;
- sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
- act.sa_flags = 0;
- act.sa_handler = handle_lwsync_sigill;
- if (sigaction(SIGILL, &act, &oact) != 0)
- return errno;
+ /* If anything what so ever failes we assume no lwsync for safety */
+ ethr_runtime__.conf.have_lwsync = 0;
+
+ /*
+ * We perform the lwsync test (which might cause an illegal
+ * instruction signal) in a separate process in order to be
+ * completely certain that we do not mess up our own state.
+ */
+ pid = fork();
+ if (pid == 0) {
+ struct sigaction act, oact;
- __asm__ __volatile__ ("lwsync\n\t" : : : "memory");
+ sigemptyset(&act.sa_mask);
+ act.sa_flags = SA_RESETHAND;
+ act.sa_handler = handle_lwsync_sigill;
+ if (sigaction(SIGILL, &act, &oact) != 0)
+ _exit(2);
- act.sa_flags = 0;
- act.sa_handler = SIG_DFL;
- if (sigaction(SIGILL, &act, &oact) != 0)
- return errno;
+ __asm__ __volatile__ ("lwsync\n\t" : : : "memory");
+
+ _exit(0);
+ }
- ethr_runtime__.conf.have_lwsync = (int) !lwsync_caused_sigill;
+ if (pid != -1) {
+ while (1) {
+ int status, res;
+ res = waitpid(pid, &status, 0);
+ if (res == pid) {
+ if (WIFEXITED(status) && WEXITSTATUS(status) == 0)
+ ethr_runtime__.conf.have_lwsync = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ }
return 0;
}