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, 2 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_open.c b/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_open.c
index ef7a504..a538a75 100644
--- a/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_open.c
+++ b/lib/libpthread/thread/thr_open.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1995 John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>.
+ * Copyright (c) 1995-1998 John Birrell <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
  * SUCH DAMAGE.
  *
- * $Id$
+ * $Id: uthread_open.c,v 1.3 1997/05/03 03:57:21 jb Exp $
  *
  */
 #include <stdarg.h>
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ open(const char *path, int flags,...)
 	int             status;
 	va_list         ap;
 
-	/* Block signals: */
-	_thread_kern_sig_block(&status);
-
 	/* Check if the file is being created: */
 	if (flags & O_CREAT) {
 		/* Get the creation mode: */
@@ -71,9 +68,6 @@ open(const char *path, int flags,...)
 		fd = -1;
 	}
 
-	/* Unblock signals: */
-	_thread_kern_sig_unblock(status);
-
 	/* Return the file descriptor or -1 on error: */
 	return (fd);
 }