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From: John David Anglin <dave@parisc-linux.org>
To: libc-alpha@sourceware.org
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Subject: [committed] hppa: Update struct __pthread_rwlock_arch_t comment
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 18:59:27 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ZC3FD3KUGZDn5sOZ@mx3210.localdomain> (raw)

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Committed to master.

Dave
---

hppa: Update struct __pthread_rwlock_arch_t comment.

Signed-off-by: John David Anglin <dave.anglin@bell.net>

diff --git a/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/bits/struct_rwlock.h b/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/bits/struct_rwlock.h
index 59bc9fe76f..762b05b2ec 100644
--- a/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/bits/struct_rwlock.h
+++ b/sysdeps/hppa/nptl/bits/struct_rwlock.h
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ struct __pthread_rwlock_arch_t
      next four words are all set to 1 by the Linuxthreads
      PTHREAD_RWLOCK_INITIALIZER. We ignore them in NPTL.
 
-     The 16-byte aligned lock stucture causes various pthread
-     structures to be over aligned. This causes some builds
-     to fail which assume a maximum alignment of 8 bytes.
-     Linuxthreads has been removed for 12 years, so drop
-     alignment of lock structure.  */
+     The 16-byte aligned lock stucture is not needed for NPTL.
+     It causes some package builds to fail (e.g., protobuf) and
+     issues with dynamic memory allocation in C++ versions prior
+     to C++17. Removing it allows for more efficient allocators
+     and better compatibility with other architectures.  */
   int __compat_padding[4];
   unsigned int __readers;
   unsigned int __writers;

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