Patch-ID# 112839-07
Keywords: sigcancel interrupted door_call libthread stack update ti_sigmask tls
Synopsis: SunOS 5.9: libthread shared objects patch
Date: Apr/27/2004


Install Requirements: Install in Single User Mode                      
                      Reboot immediately after patch is installed                      
                      
Solaris Release: 9

SunOS Release: 5.9

Unbundled Product: 

Unbundled Release: 

Xref: This patch available for x86 as patch 114432

Topic: SunOS 5.9: libthread shared objects patch

Relevant Architectures: sparc

BugId's fixed with this patch: 4254013 4479187 4524527 4533712 4647410 4647927 4667173 4679005 4688450 4749669 4768343 4769150 4769166 4786566 4792908 4795308 4819289 4855271 4897700

Changes incorporated in this version: 4749669 4855271

Patches accumulated and obsoleted by this patch: 112962-01

Patches which conflict with this patch: 

Patches required with this patch: 112874-13 or greater

Obsoleted by: 

Files included with this patch: 

/usr/lib/libthread.so.1
/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1
/usr/lib/mdb/proc/libthread.so
/usr/lib/mdb/proc/sparcv9/libthread.so
/usr/lib/sparcv9/libthread.so.1
/usr/lib/sparcv9/libthread_db.so.1

Problem Description:

4855271 x86 CPUs should be "halted" when idle()
4749669 Pentium IV pause optimization
 
(from 112839-06)
 
4897700 Memory alignment of %sp is set to non 8bytes alignment in _ex_unwind_local()
 
(from 112839-05)
 
4769166 x86 libthread could improve current thread references
4524527 pstack goes into a loop
4479187 dtlogin deadlock while invoking Xreset, induced by longjmp()
4679005 thr_stksegment() reports incorrect stack sizes
4688450 VSU TC setcontex4.c dumps core due to setcontext() if linked with libthread.
4769150 libthread should not depend on librt
4786566 mdb dumps core when examining a process linked with old_libthread
4792908 new libthread inherits arbitrary restrictions on mutex attributes from old
4819289 threads: ASSERT(sigequalset(&oldset, &self->ul_sigmask))
4768343 fork() in libthread won't clear deferred signal for the child.
 
(from 112839-04)
 
4795308 additional binaries required for debugging
 
(from 112839-03)
 
4254013 need a better mechanism to detect multi-threaded user stack overflow
4533712 makecontext breaks in 64-bit mode
 
(from 112839-02)
 
This revision was included in S9 Update2 but ended up incorporating no
new content; it has the same net effect as installing revision -01.
 
(from 112839-01)
 
4647410 SIGCANCEL received (and interrupted door_call) with cancellation OFF
4647927 new libthread thr_suspend/continue behaves differently from the old libthread
 
(from 112962-01)
 
4667173 ti_sigmask is all 0's when 64bit dbx debugs 32bit app

Patch Installation Instructions:
--------------------------------
 
For Solaris 2.0-2.6 releases, refer to the Install.info file and/or
the README within the patch for instructions on using the generic
'installpatch' and 'backoutpatch' scripts provided with each patch.
 
For Solaris 7-9 releases, refer to the man pages for instructions
on using 'patchadd' and 'patchrm' scripts provided with Solaris.
Any other special or non-generic installation instructions should be
described below as special instructions.  The following example
installs a patch to a standalone machine:
 
       example# patchadd /var/spool/patch/104945-02
 
The following example removes a patch from a standalone system:
 
       example# patchrm 104945-02
 
For additional examples please see the appropriate man pages.

Special Install Instructions:
-----------------------------
 
NOTE:  To get the complete Stack Update feature, please install the following
        patches:
 
        112874-13 (or newer) libc.so.1 patch
        113471-02 (or newer) truss patch
        112233-05 (or newer) KU patch
        113275-02 (or newer) procfs patch

README -- Last modified date:  Tuesday, April 27, 2004