fix async-cancel-safety of pthread_cancel
commit52ee0dd6d5ccefcbf9b55748896c85801bfafd17
authorRich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>
Mon, 6 Jul 2020 22:46:57 +0000 (6 18:46 -0400)
committerRich Felker <dalias@aerifal.cx>
Mon, 6 Jul 2020 22:46:57 +0000 (6 18:46 -0400)
tree81c28d3754b408c4c067316591aeba85c8fa3d8a
parent7cc9496a18c3fa665c286b8be41d790c795e0171
fix async-cancel-safety of pthread_cancel

the previous commit addressing async-signal-safety issues around
pthread_kill did not fully fix pthread_cancel, which is also required
(albeit rather irrationally) to be async-cancel-safe.

without blocking implementation-internal signals, it's possible that,
when async cancellation is enabled, a cancel signal sent by another
thread interrupts pthread_kill while the killlock for a targeted
thread is held. as a result, the calling thread will terminate due to
cancellation without ever unlocking the targeted thread's killlock,
and thus the targeted thread will be unable to exit.
src/thread/pthread_kill.c