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Re: [RFC][patch] Fix racy nptl/tst-getpid2

From: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov at google dot com>
To: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
Cc: libc-alpha at sourceware dot org, ronis at google dot com
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 12:34:18 -0700
Subject: Re: [RFC][patch] Fix racy nptl/tst-getpid2
References: <20121001183214.B03561908A5@elbrus2.mtv.corp.google.com> <CAMe9rOpTjYCn_mjpG=eavdeu94K1zE3m7keDyFmsc6Wf6PX0WQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 11:59 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:

> http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11214

Oh, yes; I've seen that one.

> I believe the test is invalid.

I don't necessarily agree: it is true that application using direct
clone(..., CLONE_VM) and using dynamic loader is not supported.

But here we are testing glibc itself, and we get to bend the rules.

-- 
Paul Pluzhnikov

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