[jira] [Commented] (STDCXX-1072) [Oracle Solaris/SPARCV8] stricter mutex alignment requirements

["Liviu Nicoara (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

    [ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-1072?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=13465554#comment-13465554 ] 

Liviu Nicoara commented on STDCXX-1072:
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The kernel patch changed the alignment of the userland mutex objects from a machine word to a double-word boundary. No changes are required of the users who use such objects in their programs unless users create mutex objects in buffers which may not be aligned on a proper boundary. E.g., the following are safe:

{noformat}
mutex_t lock;

struct S {
    char misalign;
    mutex_t lock;
};
{noformat}

whereas the following is not:

{noformat}
union {
    void* align;
    char buf [sizeof mutex_t];
} u;

new (&u) mutex_t;
{noformat}

because the alignment requirements for void pointer are less strict than for mutex_t. A few places in the library use the latter for all sorts of static objects (mostly local statics).
                
> [Oracle Solaris/SPARCV8] stricter mutex alignment requirements
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
>                 Key: STDCXX-1072
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/STDCXX-1072
>             Project: C++ Standard Library
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Thread Safety
>    Affects Versions: 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4, 4.2.0, 4.2.1
>         Environment: Oracle Solaris on SPARC V8 (or V9 emulation?) hardware.
>            Reporter: Liviu Nicoara
>              Labels: SPARC, Solaris, V8, alignment, mutex
>             Fix For: 4.2.x, 4.3.x, 5.0.0
>
>   Original Estimate: 4h
>  Remaining Estimate: 4h
>
> The issue has been reported in STDCXX-1066. The originator was apparently an improvement (as a response to CR 6296770: http://tinyurl.com/8ohjsgl) shipped with KU 137111-01 (http://tinyurl.com/ceet6ec) which requires stricter alignment than the machine word for userland mutexes. 

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