Package: libc0.2 Version: N/A Severity: critical Note: I'm sending this report such that this bug will enter the Debian BTS. The bug has been discussed before on bug-hurd and Roland will (eventually) look into it. I don't think any immedeate action needs to be taken by any other party. A summary of the discussion on bug-hurd follows.
I caught the term server on /dev/console failing the following assertion in hurd_thread_cancel() (hurd/thread-cancel.c:46): assert (! __spin_lock_locked (&ss->critical_section_lock)); Since there is no guarantee that the target thread is not in a critical section, there is obviously something wrong here. Thomas suggested that there is no need to take the critical section lock. I believe that taking the critical section lock is necessary to prevent the target thread from entering a signal handler. Roland will look into the problem. Mark
