NetBSD Problem Report #49269

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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 10:07:41 +0000 (UTC)
From: justin@specialbusservice.com
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Subject: missing Posix pthread_mutexattr_{get,set}robust
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>Number:         49269
>Category:       standards
>Synopsis:       missing Posix pthread_mutexattr_{get,set}robust
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    standards-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Oct 10 10:10:00 +0000 2014
>Originator:     Justin Cormack
>Release:        current
>Organization:
NetBSD
>Environment:
NetBSD rhombus.myriabit.eu 7.0_BETA NetBSD 7.0_BETA (GENERIC.201409131930Z) amd64
>Description:
The (fairly new) Posix specified pthread_mutexattr_{get,set}robust functions are missing from NetBSD.

See http://www.unix.com/man-page/posix/3p/pthread_mutexattr_getrobust/

These are useful to identify situations where a thread has died holding a mutex. FreeBSD, Linux have support.
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

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