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9959 pthread_mutex_init should initialize mutex appropriately for robust mutex_init
Reviewed by: Jason King <jason.king@joyent.com>
Reviewed by: Robert Mustacchi <rm@joyent.com>
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} else {
type = PTHREAD_PROCESS_PRIVATE | PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT |
PTHREAD_PRIO_NONE | PTHREAD_MUTEX_STALLED;
}
+ /*
+ * POSIX mutexes (this interface) make no guarantee about the state of
+ * the mutex before pthread_mutex_init(3C) is called. Sun mutexes, upon
+ * which these are built and which mutex_init(3C) below represents
+ * require that a robust mutex be initialized to all 0s _prior_ to
+ * mutex_init() being called, and that mutex_init() of an initialized
+ * mutex return EBUSY.
+ *
+ * We respect both these behaviors by zeroing the mutex here in the
+ * POSIX implementation if and only if the mutex magic is incorrect,
+ * and the mutex is robust.
+ */
+ if (((type & PTHREAD_MUTEX_ROBUST) != 0) &&
+ (((mutex_t *)mutex)->mutex_magic != MUTEX_MAGIC)) {
+ (void) memset(mutex, 0, sizeof (*mutex));
+ }
+
return (mutex_init((mutex_t *)mutex, type, &prioceiling));
}
/*
* pthread_mutex_setprioceiling: sets the prioceiling.