/* * Test program that triggers a race between pthread_barrier_wait() and * pthread_barrier_destroy(): proper synchronization is missing between * the pthread_barrier_wait() and the pthread_barrier_destroy() calls. This * test program is based on the example that was posted on February 5, 2009 by * Christoph Bartoschek on the valgrind-users mailing list. Redistribution of * the source code below is permitted under the GPLv2 license. * * See also http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.debugging.valgrind/8945/match=pthread_barrier_wait */ #define _GNU_SOURCE #include <pthread.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> static pthread_barrier_t* barrier; static void* thread(void* arg) { pthread_barrier_wait(barrier); return NULL; } int main() { pthread_t tid; barrier = (pthread_barrier_t *) malloc(sizeof(*barrier)); pthread_barrier_init(barrier, NULL, 2); pthread_create(&tid, NULL, thread, NULL); pthread_barrier_wait(barrier); /* * The sleep() call below ensures that the pthread_barrier_destroy() call * happens after the created thread has returned from pthread_barrier_wait(). */ sleep(1); pthread_barrier_destroy(barrier); free(barrier); pthread_join(tid, NULL); return 0; }