Change signal model to match POSIX (i.e. one set of signal handlers

for the process, not a separate set for each thread). By default, the
process now only has signal handlers installed for SIGVTALRM, SIGINFO
and SIGCHLD. The thread kernel signal handler is installed for other
signals on demand. This means that SIG_IGN and SIG_DFL processing is now
left to the kernel, not the thread kernel.

Change the signal dispatch to no longer use a signal thread, and
call the signal handler using the stack of the thread that has the
signal pending.

Change the atomic lock method to use test-and-set asm code with
a yield if blocked. This introduces separate locks for each type
of object instead of blocking signals to prevent a context
switch. It was this blocking of signals that caused the performance
degradation the people have noted.

This is a *big* change!

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_detach.c b/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_detach.c
index 57c073a..da456bf 100644
--- a/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_detach.c
+++ b/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_detach.c
@@ -42,14 +42,11 @@ pthread_detach(pthread_t pthread)
 	int             status;
 	pthread_t       next_thread;
 
-	/* Block signals: */
-	_thread_kern_sig_block(&status);
-
 	/* Check for invalid calling parameters: */
-	if (pthread == NULL || pthread->magic != PTHREAD_MAGIC) {
+	if (pthread == NULL || pthread->magic != PTHREAD_MAGIC)
 		/* Return an invalid argument error: */
 		rval = EINVAL;
-	}
+
 	/* Check if the thread has not been detached: */
 	else if ((pthread->attr.flags & PTHREAD_DETACHED) == 0) {
 		/* Flag the thread as detached: */
@@ -60,13 +57,9 @@ pthread_detach(pthread_t pthread)
 			/* Make the thread run: */
 			PTHREAD_NEW_STATE(next_thread,PS_RUNNING);
 		}
-	} else {
+	} else
 		/* Return an error: */
 		rval = EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	/* Unblock signals: */
-	_thread_kern_sig_unblock(status);
 
 	/* Return the completion status: */
 	return (rval);