Re: Bug with fcntl(n, F_SETOWN, getpid) with NPTL 0.34

[Ulrich Drepper <drepper redhat com>]

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Jamie Lokier wrote:

> It is incorrect for a program to use the value of getpid() as the
> argument to F_SETOWN.  It should be using the value returned from the
> gettid() system call

Very, very wrong.  It must be the getpid() value.  The TID must never be
used in user programs.  No user code must assume a fixed relationship
between a thread (pthread_t) and the TID.  The kernel must use the tgid
value and if this means further change, they have to be made as well.

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