On 2004.05.21, Fen Tamanaha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're seeing the dead thread problem under SuSE 7.3 (Linux > 2.4.10-64GB-SMP) and 8.1 (2.4.19-64GB-SMP), but not under 9.0 > (2.4.21-99-smp4G) or Solaris.
Recent research of mine might have identified what the issue is. What version of glibc is installed on those three versions of SuSE? I'm betting 9.0 uses glibc 2.3, and the others use an earlier glibc. glibc 2.3 uses NPTL unless LD_ASSUME_KERNEL is set. Earlier glibc uses LinuxThreads, which exhibits this "dead thread problem". I believe I have a "fix" for this on Linux with LinuxThreads -- if you can still reproduce this problem on the older non-NPTL SuSE Linux machines, I'd like to send you a patch to test. -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Panoptic Computer Network web: http://www.panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
