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authorEric Bavier <bavier@cray.com>2017-10-30 11:23:46 -0500
committerEric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>2017-11-06 17:32:42 -0600
commitacc2dab7f2f50c9169d6388007c770878eae4a9c (patch)
treedf9a400578fa2233dcde024127ea3c0b8b58b673 /gnu
parenta7c7d5ab8bf2a5e7c21c401cb93ffa0164eccbbb (diff)
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gnu: Disable gnulib's test-lock test in packages.
* gnu/packages/base.scm (findutils)[source]: Disable test-lock. * gnu/packages/gettext.scm (gettext-minimal)[source]: Ditto. * gnu/packages/libidn.scm (libidn)[source]: Ditto. * gnu/packages/libunistring.scm (libunistring)[source]: Ditto. * gnu/packages/augeas.scm (augeas)[source]: Ditto. * gnu/packages/gsasl.scm (gsasl)[source]: Ditto. * gnu/packages/patches/findutils-gnulib-multi-core.patch, gnu/packages/patches/gettext-gnulib-multi-core.patch, gnu/packages/patches/gettext-multi-core.patch, gnu/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch: Delete patches. * gnu/local.mk (DIST_PATCH_DATA): Remove them.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu')
-rw-r--r--gnu/local.mk4
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/augeas.scm13
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/base.scm17
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/gettext.scm19
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/gsasl.scm13
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/libidn.scm13
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/libunistring.scm15
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/findutils-gnulib-multi-core.patch294
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/gettext-gnulib-multi-core.patch178
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/gettext-multi-core.patch185
-rw-r--r--gnu/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch178
11 files changed, 72 insertions, 857 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 01f2f33bea..d8f0fde223 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -615,7 +615,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/fcgi-2.4.0-poll.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/file-CVE-2017-1000249.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/findutils-localstatedir.patch \
- %D%/packages/patches/findutils-gnulib-multi-core.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/findutils-test-xargs.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/flint-ldconfig.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/fltk-shared-lib-defines.patch \
@@ -647,8 +646,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/gegl-CVE-2012-4433.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/gemma-intel-compat.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/geoclue-config.patch \
- %D%/packages/patches/gettext-multi-core.patch \
- %D%/packages/patches/gettext-gnulib-multi-core.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/ghc-dont-pass-linker-flags-via-response-files.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/ghostscript-no-header-id.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/ghostscript-no-header-uuid.patch \
@@ -811,7 +808,6 @@ dist_patch_DATA = \
%D%/packages/patches/libtirpc-CVE-2017-8779.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/libtorrent-rasterbar-boost-compat.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/libtool-skip-tests2.patch \
- %D%/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/libusb-0.1-disable-tests.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/libusb-for-axoloti.patch \
%D%/packages/patches/libvirt-CVE-2017-1000256.patch \
diff --git a/gnu/packages/augeas.scm b/gnu/packages/augeas.scm
index 077105155c..6939e4147f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/augeas.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/augeas.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -38,7 +39,17 @@
version ".tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
- "1yf93fqwav1zsl8dpyfkf0g11w05mmfckqy6qsjy5zkklnspbkv5"))))
+ "1yf93fqwav1zsl8dpyfkf0g11w05mmfckqy6qsjy5zkklnspbkv5"))
+ (modules '((guix build utils)))
+ (snippet
+ '(begin
+ ;; The gnulib test-lock test is prone to writer starvation
+ ;; with our glibc@2.25, which prefers readers, so disable it.
+ ;; The gnulib commit b20e8afb0b2 should fix this once
+ ;; incorporated here.
+ (substitute* "gnulib/tests/Makefile.in"
+ (("test-lock\\$\\(EXEEXT\\) ") ""))
+ #t))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
;; Marked as "required" in augeas.pc
(propagated-inputs
diff --git a/gnu/packages/base.scm b/gnu/packages/base.scm
index f6bc440a08..a6663c5cf6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/base.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/base.scm
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2017 Rene Saavedra <rennes@openmailbox.org>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -262,11 +263,17 @@ interactive means to merge two files.")
"178nn4dl7wbcw499czikirnkniwnx36argdnqgz4ik9i6zvwkm6y"))
(patches (search-patches
"findutils-localstatedir.patch"
- "findutils-test-xargs.patch"
- ;; test-lock has performance issues on multi-core
- ;; machines, it hangs or takes a long time to complete.
- ;; This is a commit from gnulib to fix this issue.
- "findutils-gnulib-multi-core.patch"))))
+ "findutils-test-xargs.patch"))
+ (modules '((guix build utils)))
+ (snippet
+ '(begin
+ ;; The gnulib test-lock test is prone to writer starvation
+ ;; with our glibc@2.25, which prefers readers, so disable it.
+ ;; The gnulib commit b20e8afb0b2 should fix this once
+ ;; incorporated here.
+ (substitute* "tests/Makefile.in"
+ (("test-lock\\$\\(EXEEXT\\) ") ""))
+ #t))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(arguments
`(#:configure-flags (list
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gettext.scm b/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
index 76c01b1e09..51b772a586 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gettext.scm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2016 Alex Kost <alezost@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -47,12 +48,18 @@
(sha256
(base32
"0hsw28f9q9xaggjlsdp2qmbp2rbd1mp0njzan2ld9kiqwkq2m57z"))
- ;; test-lock has performance issues on multi-core machines,
- ;; it hangs or takes a long time to complete.
- ;; There is one commit in gettext and one commit
- ;; in gettext's embedded gnulib to fix this issue.
- (patches (search-patches "gettext-multi-core.patch"
- "gettext-gnulib-multi-core.patch"))))
+ (modules '((guix build utils)))
+ (snippet
+ '(begin
+ ;; The gnulib test-lock test is prone to writer starvation
+ ;; with our glibc@2.25, which prefers readers, so disable it.
+ ;; The gnulib commit b20e8afb0b2 should fix this once
+ ;; incorporated here.
+ (substitute* "gettext-runtime/tests/Makefile.in"
+ (("TESTS = test-lock\\$\\(EXEEXT\\)") "TESTS ="))
+ (substitute* "gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/Makefile.in"
+ (("test-lock\\$\\(EXEEXT\\) ") ""))
+ #t))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(outputs '("out"
"doc")) ;8 MiB of HTML
diff --git a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
index 727d0f0d52..3146f408c3 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/gsasl.scm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2012 Andreas Enge <andreas@enge.fr>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -81,7 +82,17 @@ the underlying security implementation.")
(uri (string-append "mirror://gnu/gsasl/gsasl-" version
".tar.gz"))
(sha256 (base32
- "1rci64cxvcfr8xcjpqc4inpfq7aw4snnsbf5xz7d30nhvv8n40ii"))))
+ "1rci64cxvcfr8xcjpqc4inpfq7aw4snnsbf5xz7d30nhvv8n40ii"))
+ (modules '((guix build utils)))
+ (snippet
+ '(begin
+ ;; The gnulib test-lock test is prone to writer starvation
+ ;; with our glibc@2.25, which prefers readers, so disable it.
+ ;; The gnulib commit b20e8afb0b2 should fix this once
+ ;; incorporated here.
+ (substitute* "tests/Makefile.in"
+ (("test-lock\\$\\(EXEEXT\\) ") ""))
+ #t))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(inputs `(("libidn" ,libidn)
("libntlm" ,libntlm)
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libidn.scm b/gnu/packages/libidn.scm
index ff0c05bad0..c2290b53af 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libidn.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libidn.scm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Marius Bakke <mbakke@fastmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -38,7 +39,17 @@
".tar.gz"))
(sha256
(base32
- "068fjg2arlppjqqpzd714n1lf6gxkpac9v5yyvp1qwmv6nvam9s4"))))
+ "068fjg2arlppjqqpzd714n1lf6gxkpac9v5yyvp1qwmv6nvam9s4"))
+ (modules '((guix build utils)))
+ (snippet
+ '(begin
+ ;; The gnulib test-lock test is prone to writer starvation
+ ;; with our glibc@2.25, which prefers readers, so disable it.
+ ;; The gnulib commit b20e8afb0b2 should fix this once
+ ;; incorporated here.
+ (substitute* "lib/gltests/Makefile.in"
+ (("test-lock\\$\\(EXEEXT\\) ") ""))
+ #t))))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
;; FIXME: No Java and C# libraries are currently built.
(synopsis "Internationalized string processing library")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/libunistring.scm b/gnu/packages/libunistring.scm
index df02f68cea..bb7bc61e4d 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/libunistring.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/libunistring.scm
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2016 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
;;; Copyright © 2016 Jan Nieuwenhuizen <janneke@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Eric Bavier <bavier@member.fsf.org>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -40,10 +41,16 @@
(sha256
(base32
"15z76qrmrvkc3c6hfq2lzzqysgd21s682f2smycfab5g598n8drf"))
- ;; test-lock has performance issues on multi-core machines,
- ;; it hangs or takes a long time to complete.
- ;; This is a commit from gnulib to fix this issue.
- (patches (search-patches "libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch"))))
+ (modules '((guix build utils)))
+ (snippet
+ '(begin
+ ;; The gnulib test-lock test is prone to writer starvation
+ ;; with our glibc@2.25, which prefers readers, so disable it.
+ ;; The gnulib commit b20e8afb0b2 should fix this once
+ ;; incorporated here.
+ (substitute* "tests/Makefile.in"
+ (("test-lock\\$\\(EXEEXT\\) ") ""))
+ #t))))
(propagated-inputs (libiconv-if-needed))
(build-system gnu-build-system)
(arguments
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/findutils-gnulib-multi-core.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/findutils-gnulib-multi-core.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a37f4f1f9..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/findutils-gnulib-multi-core.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,294 +0,0 @@
-This patch fixes performance problems on multi-core machines
-as reported at <https://bugs.gnu.org/26441>.
-
-See commit 480d374e596a0ee3fed168ab42cd84c313ad3c89 in Gnulib
-by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>.
-
-diff --git a/tests/test-lock.c b/tests/test-lock.c
-index a992f64..fb18dee 100644
---- a/tests/test-lock.c
-+++ b/tests/test-lock.c
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- /* Test of locking in multithreaded situations.
-- Copyright (C) 2005, 2008-2015 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-+ Copyright (C) 2005, 2008-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-@@ -50,6 +50,28 @@
- Uncomment this to see if the operating system has a fair scheduler. */
- #define EXPLICIT_YIELD 1
-
-+/* Whether to use 'volatile' on some variables that communicate information
-+ between threads. If set to 0, a semaphore or a lock is used to protect
-+ these variables. If set to 1, 'volatile' is used; this is theoretically
-+ equivalent but can lead to much slower execution (e.g. 30x slower total
-+ run time on a 40-core machine), because 'volatile' does not imply any
-+ synchronization/communication between different CPUs. */
-+#define USE_VOLATILE 0
-+
-+#if USE_POSIX_THREADS && HAVE_SEMAPHORE_H
-+/* Whether to use a semaphore to communicate information between threads.
-+ If set to 0, a lock is used. If set to 1, a semaphore is used.
-+ Uncomment this to reduce the dependencies of this test. */
-+# define USE_SEMAPHORE 1
-+/* Mac OS X provides only named semaphores (sem_open); its facility for
-+ unnamed semaphores (sem_init) does not work. */
-+# if defined __APPLE__ && defined __MACH__
-+# define USE_NAMED_SEMAPHORE 1
-+# else
-+# define USE_UNNAMED_SEMAPHORE 1
-+# endif
-+#endif
-+
- /* Whether to print debugging messages. */
- #define ENABLE_DEBUGGING 0
-
-@@ -90,6 +112,12 @@
-
- #include "glthread/thread.h"
- #include "glthread/yield.h"
-+#if USE_SEMAPHORE
-+# include <errno.h>
-+# include <fcntl.h>
-+# include <semaphore.h>
-+# include <unistd.h>
-+#endif
-
- #if ENABLE_DEBUGGING
- # define dbgprintf printf
-@@ -103,6 +131,132 @@
- # define yield()
- #endif
-
-+#if USE_VOLATILE
-+struct atomic_int {
-+ volatile int value;
-+};
-+static void
-+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+}
-+static int
-+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ return ai->value;
-+}
-+static void
-+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value)
-+{
-+ ai->value = new_value;
-+}
-+#elif USE_SEMAPHORE
-+/* This atomic_int implementation can only support the values 0 and 1.
-+ It is initially 0 and can be set to 1 only once. */
-+# if USE_UNNAMED_SEMAPHORE
-+struct atomic_int {
-+ sem_t semaphore;
-+};
-+#define atomic_int_semaphore(ai) (&(ai)->semaphore)
-+static void
-+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ sem_init (&ai->semaphore, 0, 0);
-+}
-+# endif
-+# if USE_NAMED_SEMAPHORE
-+struct atomic_int {
-+ sem_t *semaphore;
-+};
-+#define atomic_int_semaphore(ai) ((ai)->semaphore)
-+static void
-+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ sem_t *s;
-+ unsigned int count;
-+ for (count = 0; ; count++)
-+ {
-+ char name[80];
-+ /* Use getpid() in the name, so that different processes running at the
-+ same time will not interfere. Use ai in the name, so that different
-+ atomic_int in the same process will not interfere. Use a count in
-+ the name, so that even in the (unlikely) case that a semaphore with
-+ the specified name already exists, we can try a different name. */
-+ sprintf (name, "test-lock-%lu-%p-%u",
-+ (unsigned long) getpid (), ai, count);
-+ s = sem_open (name, O_CREAT | O_EXCL, 0600, 0);
-+ if (s == SEM_FAILED)
-+ {
-+ if (errno == EEXIST)
-+ /* Retry with a different name. */
-+ continue;
-+ else
-+ {
-+ perror ("sem_open failed");
-+ abort ();
-+ }
-+ }
-+ else
-+ {
-+ /* Try not to leave a semaphore hanging around on the file system
-+ eternally, if we can avoid it. */
-+ sem_unlink (name);
-+ break;
-+ }
-+ }
-+ ai->semaphore = s;
-+}
-+# endif
-+static int
-+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ if (sem_trywait (atomic_int_semaphore (ai)) == 0)
-+ {
-+ if (sem_post (atomic_int_semaphore (ai)))
-+ abort ();
-+ return 1;
-+ }
-+ else if (errno == EAGAIN)
-+ return 0;
-+ else
-+ abort ();
-+}
-+static void
-+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value)
-+{
-+ if (new_value == 0)
-+ /* It's already initialized with 0. */
-+ return;
-+ /* To set the value 1: */
-+ if (sem_post (atomic_int_semaphore (ai)))
-+ abort ();
-+}
-+#else
-+struct atomic_int {
-+ gl_lock_define (, lock)
-+ int value;
-+};
-+static void
-+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_init (ai->lock);
-+}
-+static int
-+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_lock (ai->lock);
-+ int ret = ai->value;
-+ gl_lock_unlock (ai->lock);
-+ return ret;
-+}
-+static void
-+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_lock (ai->lock);
-+ ai->value = new_value;
-+ gl_lock_unlock (ai->lock);
-+}
-+#endif
-+
- #define ACCOUNT_COUNT 4
-
- static int account[ACCOUNT_COUNT];
-@@ -170,12 +324,12 @@ lock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int lock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int lock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- lock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!lock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check lock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_lock_lock (my_lock);
-@@ -200,7 +354,8 @@ test_lock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- lock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&lock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- checkerthread = gl_thread_create (lock_checker_thread, NULL);
-@@ -210,7 +365,7 @@ test_lock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- lock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done, 1);
- gl_thread_join (checkerthread, NULL);
- check_accounts ();
- }
-@@ -254,12 +409,12 @@ rwlock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int rwlock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int rwlock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- rwlock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!rwlock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check rdlock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_rwlock_rdlock (my_rwlock);
-@@ -284,7 +439,8 @@ test_rwlock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- rwlock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&rwlock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
-@@ -295,7 +451,7 @@ test_rwlock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- rwlock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done, 1);
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (checkerthreads[i], NULL);
- check_accounts ();
-@@ -356,12 +512,12 @@ reclock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int reclock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int reclock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- reclock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!reclock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check lock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_recursive_lock_lock (my_reclock);
-@@ -386,7 +542,8 @@ test_recursive_lock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- reclock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&reclock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- checkerthread = gl_thread_create (reclock_checker_thread, NULL);
-@@ -396,7 +553,7 @@ test_recursive_lock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- reclock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done, 1);
- gl_thread_join (checkerthread, NULL);
- check_accounts ();
- }
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gettext-gnulib-multi-core.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gettext-gnulib-multi-core.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ccdbe4ca1..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gettext-gnulib-multi-core.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,178 +0,0 @@
-This patch fixes performance problems on multi-core machines
-as reported at <https://bugs.gnu.org/26441>.
-
-See commit 480d374e596a0ee3fed168ab42cd84c313ad3c89 in Gnulib
-by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>.
-
-diff --git a/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-lock.c b/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-lock.c
-index cb734b4e6..aa6de2739 100644
---- a/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-lock.c
-+++ b/gettext-tools/gnulib-tests/test-lock.c
-@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
- Uncomment this to see if the operating system has a fair scheduler. */
- #define EXPLICIT_YIELD 1
-
-+/* Whether to use 'volatile' on some variables that communicate information
-+ between threads. If set to 0, a lock is used to protect these variables.
-+ If set to 1, 'volatile' is used; this is theoretically equivalent but can
-+ lead to much slower execution (e.g. 30x slower total run time on a 40-core
-+ machine. */
-+#define USE_VOLATILE 0
-+
- /* Whether to print debugging messages. */
- #define ENABLE_DEBUGGING 0
-
-@@ -103,6 +110,51 @@
- # define yield()
- #endif
-
-+#if USE_VOLATILE
-+struct atomic_int {
-+ volatile int value;
-+};
-+static void
-+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+}
-+static int
-+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ return ai->value;
-+}
-+static void
-+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value)
-+{
-+ ai->value = new_value;
-+}
-+#else
-+struct atomic_int {
-+ gl_lock_define (, lock)
-+ int value;
-+};
-+static void
-+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_init (ai->lock);
-+}
-+static int
-+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_lock (ai->lock);
-+ int ret = ai->value;
-+ gl_lock_unlock (ai->lock);
-+ return ret;
-+}
-+static void
-+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_lock (ai->lock);
-+ ai->value = new_value;
-+ gl_lock_unlock (ai->lock);
-+}
-+#endif
-+
- #define ACCOUNT_COUNT 4
-
- static int account[ACCOUNT_COUNT];
-@@ -170,12 +222,12 @@ lock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int lock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int lock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- lock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!lock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check lock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_lock_lock (my_lock);
-@@ -200,7 +252,8 @@ test_lock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- lock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&lock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- checkerthread = gl_thread_create (lock_checker_thread, NULL);
-@@ -210,7 +263,7 @@ test_lock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- lock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done, 1);
- gl_thread_join (checkerthread, NULL);
- check_accounts ();
- }
-@@ -254,12 +307,12 @@ rwlock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int rwlock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int rwlock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- rwlock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!rwlock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check rdlock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_rwlock_rdlock (my_rwlock);
-@@ -284,7 +337,8 @@ test_rwlock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- rwlock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&rwlock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
-@@ -295,7 +349,7 @@ test_rwlock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- rwlock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done, 1);
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (checkerthreads[i], NULL);
- check_accounts ();
-@@ -356,12 +410,12 @@ reclock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int reclock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int reclock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- reclock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!reclock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check lock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_recursive_lock_lock (my_reclock);
-@@ -386,7 +440,8 @@ test_recursive_lock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- reclock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&reclock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- checkerthread = gl_thread_create (reclock_checker_thread, NULL);
-@@ -396,7 +451,7 @@ test_recursive_lock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- reclock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done, 1);
- gl_thread_join (checkerthread, NULL);
- check_accounts ();
- }
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/gettext-multi-core.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/gettext-multi-core.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 31a378cfd0..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/gettext-multi-core.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,185 +0,0 @@
-This patch fixes performance problems on multi-core machines
-as reported at <https://bugs.gnu.org/26441>.
-
-See commit 1afbcb06fded2a427b761dd1615b1e48e1e853cc in Gettext
-by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>.
-
-diff --git a/gettext-runtime/tests/test-lock.c b/gettext-runtime/tests/test-lock.c
-index d279d1d60..51cec3d6b 100644
---- a/gettext-runtime/tests/test-lock.c
-+++ b/gettext-runtime/tests/test-lock.c
-@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
- /* Test of locking in multithreaded situations.
-- Copyright (C) 2005, 2008-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-+ Copyright (C) 2005, 2008-2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-
- This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
-@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
- Uncomment this to see if the operating system has a fair scheduler. */
- #define EXPLICIT_YIELD 1
-
-+/* Whether to use 'volatile' on some variables that communicate information
-+ between threads. If set to 0, a lock is used to protect these variables.
-+ If set to 1, 'volatile' is used; this is theoretically equivalent but can
-+ lead to much slower execution (e.g. 30x slower total run time on a 40-core
-+ machine. */
-+#define USE_VOLATILE 0
-+
- /* Whether to print debugging messages. */
- #define ENABLE_DEBUGGING 0
-
-@@ -214,6 +221,51 @@ static inline void * gl_thread_self_pointer (void)
- # define yield()
- #endif
-
-+#if USE_VOLATILE
-+struct atomic_int {
-+ volatile int value;
-+};
-+static void
-+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+}
-+static int
-+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ return ai->value;
-+}
-+static void
-+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value)
-+{
-+ ai->value = new_value;
-+}
-+#else
-+struct atomic_int {
-+ gl_lock_define (, lock)
-+ int value;
-+};
-+static void
-+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_init (ai->lock);
-+}
-+static int
-+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_lock (ai->lock);
-+ int ret = ai->value;
-+ gl_lock_unlock (ai->lock);
-+ return ret;
-+}
-+static void
-+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_lock (ai->lock);
-+ ai->value = new_value;
-+ gl_lock_unlock (ai->lock);
-+}
-+#endif
-+
- #define ACCOUNT_COUNT 4
-
- static int account[ACCOUNT_COUNT];
-@@ -281,12 +333,12 @@ lock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int lock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int lock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- lock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!lock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check lock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_lock_lock (my_lock);
-@@ -311,7 +363,8 @@ test_lock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- lock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&lock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- checkerthread = gl_thread_create (lock_checker_thread, NULL);
-@@ -321,7 +374,7 @@ test_lock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- lock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done, 1);
- gl_thread_join (checkerthread, NULL);
- check_accounts ();
- }
-@@ -365,12 +418,12 @@ rwlock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int rwlock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int rwlock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- rwlock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!rwlock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check rdlock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_rwlock_rdlock (my_rwlock);
-@@ -395,7 +448,8 @@ test_rwlock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- rwlock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&rwlock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
-@@ -406,7 +460,7 @@ test_rwlock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- rwlock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done, 1);
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (checkerthreads[i], NULL);
- check_accounts ();
-@@ -467,12 +521,12 @@ reclock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int reclock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int reclock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- reclock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!reclock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check lock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_recursive_lock_lock (my_reclock);
-@@ -497,7 +551,8 @@ test_recursive_lock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- reclock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&reclock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- checkerthread = gl_thread_create (reclock_checker_thread, NULL);
-@@ -507,7 +562,7 @@ test_recursive_lock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- reclock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done, 1);
- gl_thread_join (checkerthread, NULL);
- check_accounts ();
- }
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 709b20c6d2..0000000000
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/libunistring-gnulib-multi-core.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,178 +0,0 @@
-This patch fixes performance problems on multi-core machines
-as reported at <https://bugs.gnu.org/26441>.
-
-See commit 480d374e596a0ee3fed168ab42cd84c313ad3c89 in Gnulib
-by Bruno Haible <bruno@clisp.org>.
-
-diff --git a/tests/test-lock.c b/tests/test-lock.c
-index cb734b4e6..aa6de2739 100644
---- a/tests/test-lock.c
-+++ b/tests/test-lock.c
-@@ -50,6 +50,13 @@
- Uncomment this to see if the operating system has a fair scheduler. */
- #define EXPLICIT_YIELD 1
-
-+/* Whether to use 'volatile' on some variables that communicate information
-+ between threads. If set to 0, a lock is used to protect these variables.
-+ If set to 1, 'volatile' is used; this is theoretically equivalent but can
-+ lead to much slower execution (e.g. 30x slower total run time on a 40-core
-+ machine. */
-+#define USE_VOLATILE 0
-+
- /* Whether to print debugging messages. */
- #define ENABLE_DEBUGGING 0
-
-@@ -103,6 +110,51 @@
- # define yield()
- #endif
-
-+#if USE_VOLATILE
-+struct atomic_int {
-+ volatile int value;
-+};
-+static void
-+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+}
-+static int
-+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ return ai->value;
-+}
-+static void
-+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value)
-+{
-+ ai->value = new_value;
-+}
-+#else
-+struct atomic_int {
-+ gl_lock_define (, lock)
-+ int value;
-+};
-+static void
-+init_atomic_int (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_init (ai->lock);
-+}
-+static int
-+get_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_lock (ai->lock);
-+ int ret = ai->value;
-+ gl_lock_unlock (ai->lock);
-+ return ret;
-+}
-+static void
-+set_atomic_int_value (struct atomic_int *ai, int new_value)
-+{
-+ gl_lock_lock (ai->lock);
-+ ai->value = new_value;
-+ gl_lock_unlock (ai->lock);
-+}
-+#endif
-+
- #define ACCOUNT_COUNT 4
-
- static int account[ACCOUNT_COUNT];
-@@ -170,12 +222,12 @@ lock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int lock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int lock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- lock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!lock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check lock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_lock_lock (my_lock);
-@@ -200,7 +252,8 @@ test_lock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- lock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&lock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- checkerthread = gl_thread_create (lock_checker_thread, NULL);
-@@ -210,7 +263,7 @@ test_lock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- lock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&lock_checker_done, 1);
- gl_thread_join (checkerthread, NULL);
- check_accounts ();
- }
-@@ -254,12 +307,12 @@ rwlock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int rwlock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int rwlock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- rwlock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!rwlock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check rdlock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_rwlock_rdlock (my_rwlock);
-@@ -284,7 +337,8 @@ test_rwlock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- rwlock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&rwlock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
-@@ -295,7 +349,7 @@ test_rwlock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- rwlock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&rwlock_checker_done, 1);
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (checkerthreads[i], NULL);
- check_accounts ();
-@@ -356,12 +410,12 @@ reclock_mutator_thread (void *arg)
- return NULL;
- }
-
--static volatile int reclock_checker_done;
-+static struct atomic_int reclock_checker_done;
-
- static void *
- reclock_checker_thread (void *arg)
- {
-- while (!reclock_checker_done)
-+ while (get_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done) == 0)
- {
- dbgprintf ("Checker %p before check lock\n", gl_thread_self_pointer ());
- gl_recursive_lock_lock (my_reclock);
-@@ -386,7 +440,8 @@ test_recursive_lock (void)
- /* Initialization. */
- for (i = 0; i < ACCOUNT_COUNT; i++)
- account[i] = 1000;
-- reclock_checker_done = 0;
-+ init_atomic_int (&reclock_checker_done);
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done, 0);
-
- /* Spawn the threads. */
- checkerthread = gl_thread_create (reclock_checker_thread, NULL);
-@@ -396,7 +451,7 @@ test_recursive_lock (void)
- /* Wait for the threads to terminate. */
- for (i = 0; i < THREAD_COUNT; i++)
- gl_thread_join (threads[i], NULL);
-- reclock_checker_done = 1;
-+ set_atomic_int_value (&reclock_checker_done, 1);
- gl_thread_join (checkerthread, NULL);
- check_accounts ();
- }