----- Original Message ----- From: "Klaus Schmidinger" <Klaus.Schmidinger@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [PATCH] rcu NPTL fix for 1.3.34 > Andreas Share wrote: >> Hi, >> >> attached patch should make the rcu code NPTL compatible. Without the >> patch using an RCU will fail (vdr hang during startup) on an NPTL enabled >> system. >> >> I have only move over L. Nussels lirc NPTL fix to the rcu code. >> >> Greetings >> >> Andreas > > Have you actually tested this? > I wonder if simply removing all lock calls would work, > because there _is_ a thread and a foreground function that > both want to transfer data... > > Klaus Yes, i have tested the patch on my system. With the lock?s the rcu-code block vdr completely during startup with NPTL enabled libraries, especialy this ones in /lib/tls. LD_ASSUME_KERNEL doesn?t work for this problem, only moving the tls-folder away from /lib (and do a ldconfig afters this) have let the rcu work again on my suse 9.1. Removing the lock in the main loop only will resolve this, but IR learning will fail, so i have removed the other locks also. With the patch vdr/rcu (learning included) works without any sideeffect in daily use since 21.10. on my system (internal IR-Header, DBox IR Codes). Greetings Andreas Share
