Discourage use of pthread_atfork() for call_rcu handlers
authorMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:18:06 +0000 (12:18 -0500)
committerMathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Mon, 7 Jan 2013 13:16:57 +0000 (08:16 -0500)
commit07bd1a22e2ae42578d2a1854de8430cd1af13227
tree99df2b7d364118a2eaeb50590eac4a511b0fe10b
parente85451a199f995091d2f740b6fd0ad2cd8fc2dc7
Discourage use of pthread_atfork() for call_rcu handlers

Discourage use of glibc pthread_atfork() for call_rcu handlers due to
its inappropriate assumptions about single-threadedness while pthread
atfork handlers are executing. This results in hangs within the glibc
memory allocator.

Reviewed-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
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