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Re: commit: ldap/libraries/libldap_r rmutex.c threads.c



And today's "duh, realized it right after posting"...

I wrote:
>> Removing the test makes no sense, ltrm_mutex is not held for the
>> duration of the rmutex.
>
> I don't understand.  Is
>   ldap_pvt_thread_rmutex_unlock(rmutex not held by the current thread);
> intended to be valid code?  If so the ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock()
> call in that function is a bug.

Please ignore last sentence:-(
I still don't understand though.
If such a ldap_pvt_thread_rmutex_unlock() is a bug, it seems enough to
me to depend on any error checking in ldap_pvt_thread_mutex_lock():
If that catches it the rmutex call will catch it, otherwise not.

-- 
Hallvard