[Bug nptl/530] New: pthread_exit() makes the whole process exit if remaining threads were just created

["gmorin1 at bloomberg dot net" <sourceware-bugzilla at sources dot redhat dot com>]

Hi,

On Linux 2.6.9, I am having a problem with pthread_exit(). 

My test program creates a thread from the main thread, detaches it, then
calls pthread_exit(). The remaining thread should execute and only then
the process should exit. It is not what's happening right now. The
program returns right away.

To figure out easily where we are, the spawned thread prints some stuff,
sleeps for 5 seconds and then prints something else.

If you launch that program, it will not print anything and return
right away. If you pass a parameter to the program, the main thread
will call sched_yield() before calling pthread_exit(). In this case, it
will work:

gmorin@linux:~> time ./foo

real    0m0.001s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.001s
gmorin@linux:~> time ./foo yield
In f, sleeping 5 secs
Reached

real    0m5.003s
user    0m0.000s
sys     0m0.002s
gmorin@linux:~>

So it looks like the problem only appears if the spawned thread was not
scheduled.

FYI, Linuxthreads works well:

gmorin@linux:~> LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 ./foo
In f, sleeping 5 secs
Reached

Here is the source of the program:

#include <pthread.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

void * f(void * arg) {
    puts("In f, sleeping 5 secs");
    fflush(stdout);
    sleep(5);
    puts("Reached");
    return NULL;
}

int main(int argc,char *argv[]) {
    pthread_t t;
    if (pthread_create(&t, NULL, f, NULL)) {
        printf("error %s\n", strerror(errno));
        return 1;
    }
    if (pthread_detach(t)) {
        printf("error %s\n", strerror(errno));
        return 1;
    }
    if (argc > 1)
        sched_yield();
    pthread_exit(0);

    // not reached
    return 2;
}

HTH. Guillaume.

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           Summary: pthread_exit() makes the whole process exit if remaining
                    threads were just created
           Product: glibc
           Version: 2.3.3
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: nptl
        AssignedTo: drepper at redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: gmorin1 at bloomberg dot net
                CC: glibc-bugs at sources dot redhat dot com


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