Bug #72888 Remove support for LinuxThreads, use Native Posix Threads Lib
Submitted: 5 Jun 2014 12:51 Modified: 12 Jun 2014 12:42
Reporter: Ståle Deraas Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Server: Compiling Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.0 OS:Linux
Assigned to: CPU Architecture:Any

[5 Jun 2014 12:51] Ståle Deraas 
Description:
Remove support for LinuxThreads.
It was superseded by NPTL in Linux 2.6 (2003).

How to repeat:
Code inspection.
[10 Jun 2014 14:30] Ståle Deraas 
Posted by developer:
 
Note that this issue is only present in 5.6 and older versions.
[12 Jun 2014 12:42] Paul DuBois 
Noted in 5.6.20 changelog.

Support for LinuxThreads has been removed from the source code.
LinuxThreads was superseded by NPTL in Linux 2.6.
[7 Aug 2014 5:50] Laurynas Biveinis 
$ bzr log -n0 -r 5989
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revno: 5989
committer: Jon Olav Hauglid <jon.hauglid@oracle.com>
branch nick: mysql-5.6-bug18913935
timestamp: Thu 2014-06-12 12:35:55 +0200
message:
  Bug#18913935: REMOVE SUPPORT FOR LINUXTHREADS
  
  This patch removes support for LinuxThreads.
  It was superseded by NPTL in Linux 2.6 (2003).
  
  Partial backport of Bug#17007529 from 5.7 to 5.6.