Package: libc6 Version: 2.9-21 Severity: normal I wrote a program that uses pthreads to accomplish work, and hit this bug in it. It works properly on Rhel5, so I'm pretty sure it's libc at fault.
Full source code available on request. Basically, though, the problem comes when many threads are fighting for a mutex, and doing very little work between trying to obtain the lock. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages libc6 depends on: ii libgcc1 1:4.4.1-1 GCC support library libc6 recommends no packages. Versions of packages libc6 suggests: pn glibc-doc <none> (no description available) ii locales 2.9-21 GNU C Library: National Language ( -- debconf information: * glibc/upgrade: true glibc/disable-screensaver: glibc/restart-failed: * glibc/restart-services: rsync openbsd-inetd exim4 cups cron atd autofs -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org