[PATCH xserver 4/8] Create a threaded mechanism for input [v3]

[Keith Packard]

Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com> writes:

> Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis at xs4all.nl> writes:
>
>> However, is there a reason why you didn't use the
>> PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE mtex type that is standardized by POSIX?
>
> Sorry, my documentation only mentions a non-portable version of
> recursive mutexes. I didn't even know that recursive mutexes had been
> standardized. Looks like we've got options.

So, how about this preference plan, picking the first one which works:

 1) PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE
 2) PTHREAD_MUTEX_RECURSIVE_NP
 3) PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL + __thread variable
 4) PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL + thread specific variables
 
-- 
-keith
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