------- Comment #6 from rguenth at gcc dot gnu dot org 2009-05-10 12:14 ------- Thus, I was meaning to say that
Index: src/locale_init.cc =================================================================== --- src/locale_init.cc (revision 147329) +++ src/locale_init.cc (working copy) @@ -208,9 +208,8 @@ _GLIBCXX_BEGIN_NAMESPACE(std) locale::locale() throw() : _M_impl(0) { _S_initialize(); - __gnu_cxx::__scoped_lock sentry(get_locale_mutex()); - _S_global->_M_add_reference(); _M_impl = _S_global; + _M_impl->_M_add_reference(); } locale looks safe apart on architectures where the pointer read can ever return partially updated values (none I know has this problem). -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=40088