Re: [LTP] [PATCH] fix pthread_mutex_getprioceiling testcase

[Garrett C. <yan...@gm...>]

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Cyril Hrubis <ch...@su...> wrote:
> Hi!
> As pointed out by Cheng Shun Xia <cs...@no...> the
> pthread_mutex_getprioceiling() works only on mutexes initalized with
> PTHREAD_PRIO_PROTECT. Also calling perror() after pthread_* fuctions is
> meaningless as they return error number directly, this is common mistake
> in pthread tests in openposix testsuite and should go to the ltp TODO.

1. There are typos in the proposed change (s/Errror/Error/,
s/boundry/boundary/).
2. So you're saying that none of the pthread(5) functions provide
useful diagnostics, even though the manpages claim they should (in
many cases)? That seems like a bug with the pthreads implementation to
me...

Thanks,
-Garrett