1.0.26.16: fix gencgc on ppc
[sbcl.git] / src / runtime / thread.c
index 0d03ae2..3d2620b 100644 (file)
@@ -1,16 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * This software is part of the SBCL system. See the README file for
+ * more information.
+ *
+ * This software is derived from the CMU CL system, which was
+ * written at Carnegie Mellon University and released into the
+ * public domain. The software is in the public domain and is
+ * provided with absolutely no warranty. See the COPYING and CREDITS
+ * files for more information.
+ */
+
+#include "sbcl.h"
+
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#ifndef LISP_FEATURE_WIN32
 #include <sched.h>
+#endif
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#ifndef LISP_FEATURE_WIN32
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#endif
+
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_MACH_EXCEPTION_HANDLER
+#include <mach/mach.h>
+#include <mach/mach_error.h>
+#include <mach/mach_types.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "runtime.h"
-#include "sbcl.h"
-#include "validate.h"          /* for CONTROL_STACK_SIZE etc */
+#include "validate.h"           /* for BINDING_STACK_SIZE etc */
+#include "alloc.h"
 #include "thread.h"
 #include "arch.h"
 #include "target-arch-os.h"
 #include "dynbind.h"
 #include "genesis/cons.h"
 #include "genesis/fdefn.h"
-#define ALIEN_STACK_SIZE (1*1024*1024) /* 1Mb size chosen at random */
+#include "interr.h"             /* for lose() */
+#include "gc-internal.h"
+
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_WIN32
+/*
+ * Win32 doesn't have SIGSTKSZ, and we're not switching stacks anyway,
+ * so define it arbitrarily
+ */
+#define SIGSTKSZ 1024
+#endif
+
+#if defined(LISP_FEATURE_DARWIN) && defined(LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD)
+#define DELAY_THREAD_POST_MORTEM 5
+#define LOCK_CREATE_THREAD
+#endif
+
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_FREEBSD
+#define CREATE_CLEANUP_THREAD
+#define LOCK_CREATE_THREAD
+#endif
+
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+struct thread_post_mortem {
+#ifdef DELAY_THREAD_POST_MORTEM
+    struct thread_post_mortem *next;
+#endif
+    os_thread_t os_thread;
+    pthread_attr_t *os_attr;
+    os_vm_address_t os_address;
+};
+
+#ifdef DELAY_THREAD_POST_MORTEM
+static int pending_thread_post_mortem_count = 0;
+pthread_mutex_t thread_post_mortem_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+#endif
+static struct thread_post_mortem * volatile pending_thread_post_mortem = 0;
+#endif
 
-int dynamic_values_bytes=4096*sizeof(lispobj); /* same for all threads */
+int dynamic_values_bytes=TLS_SIZE*sizeof(lispobj);  /* same for all threads */
 struct thread *all_threads;
-volatile lispobj all_threads_lock;
 extern struct interrupt_data * global_interrupt_data;
 
-void get_spinlock(volatile lispobj *word,int value);
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+pthread_mutex_t all_threads_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+#ifdef LOCK_CREATE_THREAD
+static pthread_mutex_t create_thread_lock = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
+#endif
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_GCC_TLS
+__thread struct thread *current_thread;
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#if defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86) || defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86_64)
+extern lispobj call_into_lisp_first_time(lispobj fun, lispobj *args, int nargs);
+#endif
 
-int
+static void
+link_thread(struct thread *th)
+{
+    if (all_threads) all_threads->prev=th;
+    th->next=all_threads;
+    th->prev=0;
+    all_threads=th;
+}
+
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+static void
+unlink_thread(struct thread *th)
+{
+    if (th->prev)
+        th->prev->next = th->next;
+    else
+        all_threads = th->next;
+    if (th->next)
+        th->next->prev = th->prev;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int
 initial_thread_trampoline(struct thread *th)
 {
     lispobj function;
+#if defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86) || defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86_64)
     lispobj *args = NULL;
-    function = th->unbound_marker;
-    th->unbound_marker = UNBOUND_MARKER_WIDETAG;
+#endif
+    function = th->no_tls_value_marker;
+    th->no_tls_value_marker = NO_TLS_VALUE_MARKER_WIDETAG;
     if(arch_os_thread_init(th)==0) return 1;
+    link_thread(th);
+    th->os_thread=thread_self();
+#ifndef LISP_FEATURE_WIN32
+    protect_control_stack_guard_page(1, NULL);
+    protect_binding_stack_guard_page(1, NULL);
+    protect_alien_stack_guard_page(1, NULL);
+#endif
 
-    if(th->pid < 1) lose("th->pid not set up right");
-    th->state=STATE_RUNNING;
-#if defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86)
+#if defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86) || defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86_64)
     return call_into_lisp_first_time(function,args,0);
 #else
     return funcall0(function);
 #endif
 }
 
-/* this is the first thing that clone() runs in the child (which is
- * why the silly calling convention).  Basically it calls the user's
- * requested lisp function after doing arch_os_thread_init and
- * whatever other bookkeeping needs to be done
- */
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+#define THREAD_STATE_LOCK_SIZE \
+    (sizeof(pthread_mutex_t))+(sizeof(pthread_cond_t))
+#else
+#define THREAD_STATE_LOCK_SIZE 0
+#endif
+
+#define THREAD_STRUCT_SIZE (thread_control_stack_size + BINDING_STACK_SIZE + \
+                            ALIEN_STACK_SIZE +                               \
+                            THREAD_STATE_LOCK_SIZE +                         \
+                            dynamic_values_bytes +                           \
+                            32 * SIGSTKSZ +                                  \
+                            THREAD_ALIGNMENT_BYTES)
 
 #ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+/* THREAD POST MORTEM CLEANUP
+ *
+ * Memory allocated for the thread stacks cannot be reclaimed while
+ * the thread is still alive, so we need a mechanism for post mortem
+ * cleanups. FIXME: We actually have three, for historical reasons as
+ * the saying goes. Do we really need three? Nikodemus guesses that
+ * not anymore, now that we properly call pthread_attr_destroy before
+ * freeing the stack. */
+
+static struct thread_post_mortem *
+plan_thread_post_mortem(struct thread *corpse)
+{
+    if (corpse) {
+        struct thread_post_mortem *post_mortem = malloc(sizeof(struct thread_post_mortem));
+        gc_assert(post_mortem);
+        post_mortem->os_thread = corpse->os_thread;
+        post_mortem->os_attr = corpse->os_attr;
+        post_mortem->os_address = corpse->os_address;
+#ifdef DELAY_THREAD_POST_MORTEM
+        post_mortem->next = NULL;
+#endif
+        return post_mortem;
+    } else {
+        /* FIXME: When does this happen? */
+        return NULL;
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+perform_thread_post_mortem(struct thread_post_mortem *post_mortem)
+{
+#ifdef CREATE_POST_MORTEM_THREAD
+    pthread_detach(pthread_self());
+#endif
+    if (post_mortem) {
+        gc_assert(!pthread_join(post_mortem->os_thread, NULL));
+        gc_assert(!pthread_attr_destroy(post_mortem->os_attr));
+        free(post_mortem->os_attr);
+        os_invalidate(post_mortem->os_address, THREAD_STRUCT_SIZE);
+        free(post_mortem);
+    }
+}
+
+static void
+schedule_thread_post_mortem(struct thread *corpse)
+{
+    struct thread_post_mortem *post_mortem = NULL;
+    if (corpse) {
+        post_mortem = plan_thread_post_mortem(corpse);
+
+#ifdef DELAY_THREAD_POST_MORTEM
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&thread_post_mortem_lock);
+        /* First stick the new post mortem to the end of the queue. */
+        if (pending_thread_post_mortem) {
+            struct thread_post_mortem *next = pending_thread_post_mortem;
+            while (next->next) {
+                next = next->next;
+            }
+            next->next = post_mortem;
+        } else {
+            pending_thread_post_mortem = post_mortem;
+        }
+        /* Then, if there are enough things in the queue, clean up one
+         * from the head -- or increment the count, and null out the
+         * post_mortem we have. */
+        if (pending_thread_post_mortem_count > DELAY_THREAD_POST_MORTEM) {
+            post_mortem = pending_thread_post_mortem;
+            pending_thread_post_mortem = post_mortem->next;
+        } else {
+            pending_thread_post_mortem_count++;
+            post_mortem = NULL;
+        }
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&thread_post_mortem_lock);
+        /* Finally run, the cleanup, if any. */
+        perform_thread_post_mortem(post_mortem);
+#elif defined(CREATE_POST_MORTEM_THREAD)
+        gc_assert(!pthread_create(&thread, NULL, perform_thread_post_mortem, post_mortem));
+#else
+        post_mortem = (struct thread_post_mortem *)
+            swap_lispobjs((lispobj *)(void *)&pending_thread_post_mortem,
+                          (lispobj)post_mortem);
+        perform_thread_post_mortem(post_mortem);
+#endif
+    }
+}
+
+/* this is the first thing that runs in the child (which is why the
+ * silly calling convention).  Basically it calls the user's requested
+ * lisp function after doing arch_os_thread_init and whatever other
+ * bookkeeping needs to be done
+ */
 int
 new_thread_trampoline(struct thread *th)
 {
     lispobj function;
-    function = th->unbound_marker;
-    th->unbound_marker = UNBOUND_MARKER_WIDETAG;
-    if(arch_os_thread_init(th)==0) return 1;   
+    int result, lock_ret;
+
+    FSHOW((stderr,"/creating thread %lu\n", thread_self()));
+    check_deferrables_blocked_or_lose(0);
+    check_gc_signals_unblocked_or_lose(0);
+    function = th->no_tls_value_marker;
+    th->no_tls_value_marker = NO_TLS_VALUE_MARKER_WIDETAG;
+    if(arch_os_thread_init(th)==0) {
+        /* FIXME: handle error */
+        lose("arch_os_thread_init failed\n");
+    }
 
-    /* wait here until our thread is linked into all_threads: see below */
-    while(th->pid<1) sched_yield();
+    th->os_thread=thread_self();
+    protect_control_stack_guard_page(1, NULL);
+    protect_binding_stack_guard_page(1, NULL);
+    protect_alien_stack_guard_page(1, NULL);
+    /* Since GC can only know about this thread from the all_threads
+     * list and we're just adding this thread to it, there is no
+     * danger of deadlocking even with SIG_STOP_FOR_GC blocked (which
+     * it is not). */
+    lock_ret = pthread_mutex_lock(&all_threads_lock);
+    gc_assert(lock_ret == 0);
+    link_thread(th);
+    lock_ret = pthread_mutex_unlock(&all_threads_lock);
+    gc_assert(lock_ret == 0);
+
+    result = funcall0(function);
+
+    /* Block GC */
+    block_blockable_signals(0, 0);
+    set_thread_state(th, STATE_DEAD);
+
+    /* SIG_STOP_FOR_GC is blocked and GC might be waiting for this
+     * thread, but since we are already dead it won't wait long. */
+    lock_ret = pthread_mutex_lock(&all_threads_lock);
+    gc_assert(lock_ret == 0);
+
+    gc_alloc_update_page_tables(BOXED_PAGE_FLAG, &th->alloc_region);
+    unlink_thread(th);
+    pthread_mutex_unlock(&all_threads_lock);
+    gc_assert(lock_ret == 0);
+
+    if(th->tls_cookie>=0) arch_os_thread_cleanup(th);
+    pthread_mutex_destroy(th->state_lock);
+    pthread_cond_destroy(th->state_cond);
+
+    os_invalidate((os_vm_address_t)th->interrupt_data,
+                  (sizeof (struct interrupt_data)));
+
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_MACH_EXCEPTION_HANDLER
+    FSHOW((stderr, "Deallocating mach port %x\n", THREAD_STRUCT_TO_EXCEPTION_PORT(th)));
+    mach_port_move_member(mach_task_self(),
+                          THREAD_STRUCT_TO_EXCEPTION_PORT(th),
+                          MACH_PORT_NULL);
+    mach_port_deallocate(mach_task_self(),
+                         THREAD_STRUCT_TO_EXCEPTION_PORT(th));
+    mach_port_destroy(mach_task_self(),
+                      THREAD_STRUCT_TO_EXCEPTION_PORT(th));
+#endif
 
-    th->state=STATE_RUNNING;
-    return funcall0(function);
+    schedule_thread_post_mortem(th);
+    FSHOW((stderr,"/exiting thread %lu\n", thread_self()));
+    return result;
 }
+
 #endif /* LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD */
 
+static void
+free_thread_struct(struct thread *th)
+{
+    if (th->interrupt_data)
+        os_invalidate((os_vm_address_t) th->interrupt_data,
+                      (sizeof (struct interrupt_data)));
+    os_invalidate((os_vm_address_t) th->os_address,
+                  THREAD_STRUCT_SIZE);
+}
+
 /* this is called from any other thread to create the new one, and
- * initialize all parts of it that can be initialized from another 
- * thread 
+ * initialize all parts of it that can be initialized from another
+ * thread
  */
 
-struct thread * create_thread_struct(lispobj initial_function) {
+static struct thread *
+create_thread_struct(lispobj initial_function) {
     union per_thread_data *per_thread;
-    struct thread *th=0;       /*  subdue gcc */
+    struct thread *th=0;        /*  subdue gcc */
     void *spaces=0;
+    void *aligned_spaces=0;
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+    unsigned int i;
+#endif
 
-    /* may as well allocate all the spaces at once: it saves us from
+    /* May as well allocate all the spaces at once: it saves us from
      * having to decide what to do if only some of the allocations
-     * succeed */
-    spaces=os_validate(0,
-                      THREAD_CONTROL_STACK_SIZE+
-                      BINDING_STACK_SIZE+
-                      ALIEN_STACK_SIZE+
-                      dynamic_values_bytes+
-                      32*SIGSTKSZ
-                      );
-    if(!spaces) goto cleanup;
+     * succeed. SPACES must be appropriately aligned, since the GC
+     * expects the control stack to start at a page boundary -- and
+     * the OS may have even more rigorous requirements. We can't rely
+     * on the alignment passed from os_validate, since that might
+     * assume the current (e.g. 4k) pagesize, while we calculate with
+     * the biggest (e.g. 64k) pagesize allowed by the ABI. */
+    spaces=os_validate(0, THREAD_STRUCT_SIZE);
+    if(!spaces)
+        return NULL;
+    /* Aligning up is safe as THREAD_STRUCT_SIZE has
+     * THREAD_ALIGNMENT_BYTES padding. */
+    aligned_spaces = (void *)((((unsigned long)(char *)spaces)
+                               + THREAD_ALIGNMENT_BYTES-1)
+                              &~(unsigned long)(THREAD_ALIGNMENT_BYTES-1));
     per_thread=(union per_thread_data *)
-       (spaces+
-        THREAD_CONTROL_STACK_SIZE+
-        BINDING_STACK_SIZE+
-        ALIEN_STACK_SIZE);
+        (aligned_spaces+
+         thread_control_stack_size+
+         BINDING_STACK_SIZE+
+         ALIEN_STACK_SIZE +
+         THREAD_STATE_LOCK_SIZE);
 
-    th=&per_thread->thread;
-    if(all_threads) {
-       memcpy(per_thread,arch_os_get_current_thread(),
-              dynamic_values_bytes);
-    } else {
 #ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
-       int i;
-       for(i=0;i<(dynamic_values_bytes/sizeof(lispobj));i++)
-           per_thread->dynamic_values[i]=UNBOUND_MARKER_WIDETAG;
-       if(SymbolValue(FREE_TLS_INDEX,0)==UNBOUND_MARKER_WIDETAG) 
-           SetSymbolValue
-               (FREE_TLS_INDEX,
-                make_fixnum(MAX_INTERRUPTS+
-                            sizeof(struct thread)/sizeof(lispobj)),
-                0);
+    for(i = 0; i < (dynamic_values_bytes / sizeof(lispobj)); i++)
+        per_thread->dynamic_values[i] = NO_TLS_VALUE_MARKER_WIDETAG;
+    if (all_threads == 0) {
+        if(SymbolValue(FREE_TLS_INDEX,0)==UNBOUND_MARKER_WIDETAG) {
+            SetSymbolValue
+                (FREE_TLS_INDEX,
+                 /* FIXME: should be MAX_INTERRUPTS -1 ? */
+                 make_fixnum(MAX_INTERRUPTS+
+                             sizeof(struct thread)/sizeof(lispobj)),
+                 0);
+            SetSymbolValue(TLS_INDEX_LOCK,make_fixnum(0),0);
+        }
 #define STATIC_TLS_INIT(sym,field) \
   ((struct symbol *)(sym-OTHER_POINTER_LOWTAG))->tls_index= \
   make_fixnum(THREAD_SLOT_OFFSET_WORDS(field))
-                                 
-       STATIC_TLS_INIT(BINDING_STACK_START,binding_stack_start);
-       STATIC_TLS_INIT(BINDING_STACK_POINTER,binding_stack_pointer);
-       STATIC_TLS_INIT(CONTROL_STACK_START,control_stack_start);
-       STATIC_TLS_INIT(CONTROL_STACK_END,control_stack_end);
-       STATIC_TLS_INIT(ALIEN_STACK,alien_stack_pointer);
-#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_X86
-       STATIC_TLS_INIT(PSEUDO_ATOMIC_ATOMIC,pseudo_atomic_atomic);
-       STATIC_TLS_INIT(PSEUDO_ATOMIC_INTERRUPTED,pseudo_atomic_interrupted);
+
+        STATIC_TLS_INIT(BINDING_STACK_START,binding_stack_start);
+        STATIC_TLS_INIT(BINDING_STACK_POINTER,binding_stack_pointer);
+        STATIC_TLS_INIT(CONTROL_STACK_START,control_stack_start);
+        STATIC_TLS_INIT(CONTROL_STACK_END,control_stack_end);
+        STATIC_TLS_INIT(ALIEN_STACK,alien_stack_pointer);
+#if defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86) || defined (LISP_FEATURE_X86_64)
+        STATIC_TLS_INIT(PSEUDO_ATOMIC_BITS,pseudo_atomic_bits);
 #endif
 #undef STATIC_TLS_INIT
-#endif
     }
+#endif
 
-    th->control_stack_start = spaces;
+    th=&per_thread->thread;
+    th->os_address = spaces;
+    th->control_stack_start = aligned_spaces;
     th->binding_stack_start=
-       (lispobj*)((void*)th->control_stack_start+THREAD_CONTROL_STACK_SIZE);
+        (lispobj*)((void*)th->control_stack_start+thread_control_stack_size);
     th->control_stack_end = th->binding_stack_start;
     th->alien_stack_start=
-       (lispobj*)((void*)th->binding_stack_start+BINDING_STACK_SIZE);
+        (lispobj*)((void*)th->binding_stack_start+BINDING_STACK_SIZE);
     th->binding_stack_pointer=th->binding_stack_start;
     th->this=th;
-    th->pid=0;
-    th->state=STATE_STOPPED;
+    th->os_thread=0;
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+    th->os_attr=malloc(sizeof(pthread_attr_t));
+    th->state_lock=(pthread_mutex_t *)((void *)th->alien_stack_start +
+                                       ALIEN_STACK_SIZE);
+    pthread_mutex_init(th->state_lock, NULL);
+    th->state_cond=(pthread_cond_t *)((void *)th->state_lock +
+                                      (sizeof(pthread_mutex_t)));
+    pthread_cond_init(th->state_cond, NULL);
+#endif
+    th->state=STATE_RUNNING;
 #ifdef LISP_FEATURE_STACK_GROWS_DOWNWARD_NOT_UPWARD
     th->alien_stack_pointer=((void *)th->alien_stack_start
-                            + ALIEN_STACK_SIZE-4); /* naked 4.  FIXME */
+                             + ALIEN_STACK_SIZE-N_WORD_BYTES);
 #else
     th->alien_stack_pointer=((void *)th->alien_stack_start);
 #endif
-#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_X86
-    th->pseudo_atomic_interrupted=0;
-    th->pseudo_atomic_atomic=0;
+#if defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86) || defined (LISP_FEATURE_X86_64)
+    th->pseudo_atomic_bits=0;
 #endif
 #ifdef LISP_FEATURE_GENCGC
     gc_set_region_empty(&th->alloc_region);
@@ -155,247 +436,312 @@ struct thread * create_thread_struct(lispobj initial_function) {
 #ifndef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
     /* the tls-points-into-struct-thread trick is only good for threaded
      * sbcl, because unithread sbcl doesn't have tls.  So, we copy the
-     * appropriate values from struct thread here, and make sure that 
+     * appropriate values from struct thread here, and make sure that
      * we use the appropriate SymbolValue macros to access any of the
      * variable quantities from the C runtime.  It's not quite OAOOM,
      * it just feels like it */
-    SetSymbolValue(BINDING_STACK_START,th->binding_stack_start,th);
-    SetSymbolValue(CONTROL_STACK_START,th->control_stack_start,th);
-    SetSymbolValue(CONTROL_STACK_END,th->control_stack_end,th);
-#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_X86
-    SetSymbolValue(BINDING_STACK_POINTER,th->binding_stack_pointer,th);
-    SetSymbolValue(ALIEN_STACK,th->alien_stack_pointer,th);
-    SetSymbolValue(PSEUDO_ATOMIC_ATOMIC,th->pseudo_atomic_atomic,th);
-    SetSymbolValue(PSEUDO_ATOMIC_INTERRUPTED,th->pseudo_atomic_interrupted,th);
+    SetSymbolValue(BINDING_STACK_START,(lispobj)th->binding_stack_start,th);
+    SetSymbolValue(CONTROL_STACK_START,(lispobj)th->control_stack_start,th);
+    SetSymbolValue(CONTROL_STACK_END,(lispobj)th->control_stack_end,th);
+#if defined(LISP_FEATURE_X86) || defined (LISP_FEATURE_X86_64)
+    SetSymbolValue(BINDING_STACK_POINTER,(lispobj)th->binding_stack_pointer,th);
+    SetSymbolValue(ALIEN_STACK,(lispobj)th->alien_stack_pointer,th);
+    SetSymbolValue(PSEUDO_ATOMIC_BITS,(lispobj)th->pseudo_atomic_bits,th);
 #else
     current_binding_stack_pointer=th->binding_stack_pointer;
     current_control_stack_pointer=th->control_stack_start;
 #endif
-#endif    
+#endif
     bind_variable(CURRENT_CATCH_BLOCK,make_fixnum(0),th);
-    bind_variable(CURRENT_UNWIND_PROTECT_BLOCK,make_fixnum(0),th); 
+    bind_variable(CURRENT_UNWIND_PROTECT_BLOCK,make_fixnum(0),th);
     bind_variable(FREE_INTERRUPT_CONTEXT_INDEX,make_fixnum(0),th);
     bind_variable(INTERRUPT_PENDING, NIL,th);
     bind_variable(INTERRUPTS_ENABLED,T,th);
+    bind_variable(ALLOW_WITH_INTERRUPTS,T,th);
+    bind_variable(GC_PENDING,NIL,th);
+    bind_variable(ALLOC_SIGNAL,NIL,th);
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+    bind_variable(STOP_FOR_GC_PENDING,NIL,th);
+#endif
 
-    th->interrupt_data=os_validate(0,(sizeof (struct interrupt_data)));
-    if(all_threads) 
-       memcpy(th->interrupt_data,
-              arch_os_get_current_thread()->interrupt_data,
-              sizeof (struct interrupt_data));
-    else 
-       memcpy(th->interrupt_data,global_interrupt_data,
-              sizeof (struct interrupt_data));
+    th->interrupt_data = (struct interrupt_data *)
+        os_validate(0,(sizeof (struct interrupt_data)));
+    if (!th->interrupt_data) {
+        free_thread_struct(th);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    th->interrupt_data->pending_handler = 0;
+    th->interrupt_data->gc_blocked_deferrables = 0;
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_PPC
+    th->interrupt_data->allocation_trap_context = 0;
+#endif
+    th->no_tls_value_marker=initial_function;
 
-    th->unbound_marker=initial_function;
+    th->stepping = NIL;
     return th;
- cleanup:
-    /* if(th && th->tls_cookie>=0) os_free_tls_pointer(th); */
-    if(spaces) os_invalidate(spaces,
-                            THREAD_CONTROL_STACK_SIZE+BINDING_STACK_SIZE+
-                            ALIEN_STACK_SIZE+dynamic_values_bytes);
-    return 0;
 }
 
-void link_thread(struct thread *th,pid_t kid_pid)
-{
-    sigset_t newset,oldset;
-    sigemptyset(&newset);
-    sigaddset_blockable(&newset);
-    sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &newset, &oldset); 
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_MACH_EXCEPTION_HANDLER
+mach_port_t setup_mach_exception_handling_thread();
+kern_return_t mach_thread_init(mach_port_t thread_exception_port);
 
-    get_spinlock(&all_threads_lock,kid_pid);
-    th->next=all_threads;
-    all_threads=th;
-    /* note that th->pid is 0 at this time.  We rely on all_threads_lock
-     * to ensure that we don't have >1 thread with pid=0 on the list at once
-     */
-    protect_control_stack_guard_page(th->pid,1);
-    release_spinlock(&all_threads_lock);
-
-    sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK,&oldset,0);
-    th->pid=kid_pid;           /* child will not start until this is set */
-}
+#endif
 
 void create_initial_thread(lispobj initial_function) {
     struct thread *th=create_thread_struct(initial_function);
-    pid_t kid_pid=getpid();
-    if(th && kid_pid>0) {
-       link_thread(th,kid_pid);
-       initial_thread_trampoline(all_threads); /* no return */
-    } else lose("can't create initial thread");
+    if(th) {
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_MACH_EXCEPTION_HANDLER
+        setup_mach_exception_handling_thread();
+#endif
+        initial_thread_trampoline(th); /* no return */
+    } else lose("can't create initial thread\n");
 }
 
 #ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
-pid_t create_thread(lispobj initial_function) {
-    struct thread *th=create_thread_struct(initial_function);
-    pid_t kid_pid=0;
-
-    if(th==0) return 0;
-    kid_pid=clone(new_thread_trampoline,
-                 (((void*)th->control_stack_start)+
-                  THREAD_CONTROL_STACK_SIZE-4),
-                 CLONE_FILES|SIG_THREAD_EXIT|CLONE_VM,th);
-    
-    if(kid_pid>0) {
-       link_thread(th,kid_pid);
-       return th->pid;
-    } else {
-       os_invalidate((os_vm_address_t) th->control_stack_start,
-                     ((sizeof (lispobj))
-                      * (th->control_stack_end-th->control_stack_start)) +
-                     BINDING_STACK_SIZE+ALIEN_STACK_SIZE+dynamic_values_bytes+
-                     32*SIGSTKSZ);
-       return 0;
-    }
-}
+
+#ifndef __USE_XOPEN2K
+extern int pthread_attr_setstack (pthread_attr_t *__attr, void *__stackaddr,
+                                  size_t __stacksize);
 #endif
 
-/* unused */
-void destroy_thread (struct thread *th)
+boolean create_os_thread(struct thread *th,os_thread_t *kid_tid)
 {
-    /* precondition: the unix task has already been killed and exited.
-     * This is called by the parent or some other thread */
-#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_GENCGC
-    gc_alloc_update_page_tables(0, &th->alloc_region);
-#endif
-    get_spinlock(&all_threads_lock,th->pid);
-    th->unbound_marker=0;      /* for debugging */
-    if(th==all_threads) 
-       all_threads=th->next;
-    else {
-       struct thread *th1=all_threads;
-       while(th1 && th1->next!=th) th1=th1->next;
-       if(th1) th1->next=th->next;     /* unlink */
-    }
-    release_spinlock(&all_threads_lock);
-    if(th && th->tls_cookie>=0) arch_os_thread_cleanup(th); 
-    os_invalidate((os_vm_address_t) th->control_stack_start,
-                 ((sizeof (lispobj))
-                  * (th->control_stack_end-th->control_stack_start)) +
-                 BINDING_STACK_SIZE+ALIEN_STACK_SIZE+dynamic_values_bytes+
-                 32*SIGSTKSZ);
-}
+    /* The new thread inherits the restrictive signal mask set here,
+     * and enables signals again when it is set up properly. */
+    sigset_t oldset;
+    boolean r=1;
+    int retcode = 0, initcode;
+
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/create_os_thread: creating new thread\n"));
+
+    /* Blocking deferrable signals is enough, no need to block
+     * SIG_STOP_FOR_GC because the child process is not linked onto
+     * all_threads until it's ready. */
+    block_deferrable_signals(0, &oldset);
+
+#ifdef LOCK_CREATE_THREAD
+    retcode = pthread_mutex_lock(&create_thread_lock);
+    gc_assert(retcode == 0);
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/create_os_thread: got lock\n"));
+#endif
 
-void reap_dead_threads() 
-{
-    struct thread *th,*next,*prev=0;
-    th=all_threads;
-    while(th) {
-       next=th->next;
-       if(th->state==STATE_DEAD) {
-           funcall1(SymbolFunction(HANDLE_THREAD_EXIT),make_fixnum(th->pid));
-#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_GENCGC
-           gc_alloc_update_page_tables(0, &th->alloc_region);
-#endif
-           get_spinlock(&all_threads_lock,th->pid);
-           if(prev) prev->next=next;
-           else all_threads=next;
-           release_spinlock(&all_threads_lock);
-           if(th->tls_cookie>=0) arch_os_thread_cleanup(th); 
-           os_invalidate((os_vm_address_t) th->control_stack_start,
-                         ((sizeof (lispobj))
-                          * (th->control_stack_end-th->control_stack_start)) +
-                         BINDING_STACK_SIZE+ALIEN_STACK_SIZE+dynamic_values_bytes+
-                         32*SIGSTKSZ);
-       } else 
-           prev=th;
-       th=next;
+    if((initcode = pthread_attr_init(th->os_attr)) ||
+       /* call_into_lisp_first_time switches the stack for the initial
+        * thread. For the others, we use this. */
+       (pthread_attr_setstack(th->os_attr,th->control_stack_start,
+                              thread_control_stack_size)) ||
+       (retcode = pthread_create
+        (kid_tid,th->os_attr,(void *(*)(void *))new_thread_trampoline,th))) {
+        FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr, "init = %d\n", initcode));
+        FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr, "pthread_create returned %d, errno %d\n",
+                      retcode, errno));
+        if(retcode < 0) {
+            perror("create_os_thread");
+        }
+        r=0;
     }
-}
-
-
-struct thread *find_thread_by_pid(pid_t pid) 
-{
-    struct thread *th;
-    for_each_thread(th)
-       if(th->pid==pid) return th;
-    return 0;
-}
-
-/* These are not needed unless #+SB-THREAD, and since sigwaitinfo()
- * doesn't seem to be easily available everywhere (OpenBSD...) it's
- * more trouble than it's worth to compile it when not needed. */
-#if defined LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
-void block_sigcont(void)
-{
-    /* don't allow ourselves to receive SIGCONT while we're in the
-     * "ambiguous" state of being on the queue but not actually stopped.
-     */
-    sigset_t newset;
-    sigemptyset(&newset);
-    sigaddset(&newset,SIG_DEQUEUE);
-    sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &newset, 0); 
-}
-
-void unblock_sigcont_and_sleep(void)
-{
-    sigset_t set;
-    sigemptyset(&set);
-    sigaddset(&set,SIG_DEQUEUE);
-    do {
-       errno=0;
-       sigwaitinfo(&set,0);
-    }while(errno==EINTR);
-    sigprocmask(SIG_UNBLOCK,&set,0);
-}
-
-int interrupt_thread(pid_t pid, lispobj function)
-{
-    union sigval sigval;
-    sigval.sival_int=function;
 
-    return sigqueue(pid, SIG_INTERRUPT_THREAD, sigval);
+#ifdef LOCK_CREATE_THREAD
+    retcode = pthread_mutex_unlock(&create_thread_lock);
+    gc_assert(retcode == 0);
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/create_os_thread: released lock\n"));
+#endif
+    thread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK,&oldset,0);
+    return r;
 }
 
-int signal_thread_to_dequeue (pid_t pid)
-{
-    return kill (pid, SIG_DEQUEUE);
+os_thread_t create_thread(lispobj initial_function) {
+    struct thread *th, *thread = arch_os_get_current_thread();
+    os_thread_t kid_tid = 0;
+
+    /* Must defend against async unwinds. */
+    if (SymbolValue(INTERRUPTS_ENABLED, thread) != NIL)
+        lose("create_thread is not safe when interrupts are enabled.\n");
+
+    /* Assuming that a fresh thread struct has no lisp objects in it,
+     * linking it to all_threads can be left to the thread itself
+     * without fear of gc lossage. initial_function violates this
+     * assumption and must stay pinned until the child starts up. */
+    th = create_thread_struct(initial_function);
+    if (th && !create_os_thread(th,&kid_tid)) {
+        free_thread_struct(th);
+        kid_tid = 0;
+    }
+    return kid_tid;
 }
 
-
-/* stopping the world is a two-stage process.  From this thread we signal 
+/* stopping the world is a two-stage process.  From this thread we signal
  * all the others with SIG_STOP_FOR_GC.  The handler for this signal does
- * the usual pseudo-atomic checks (we don't want to stop a thread while 
- * it's in the middle of allocation) then kills _itself_ with SIGSTOP.
+ * the usual pseudo-atomic checks (we don't want to stop a thread while
+ * it's in the middle of allocation) then waits for another SIG_STOP_FOR_GC.
  */
 
+/* To avoid deadlocks when gc stops the world all clients of each
+ * mutex must enable or disable SIG_STOP_FOR_GC for the duration of
+ * holding the lock, but they must agree on which. */
 void gc_stop_the_world()
 {
-    /* stop all other threads by sending them SIG_STOP_FOR_GC */
     struct thread *p,*th=arch_os_get_current_thread();
-    pid_t old_pid;
-    int finished;
-    do {
-       finished=1;
-       for(p=all_threads,old_pid=p->pid; p; p=p->next) {
-           if(p==th) continue;
-           if(p->state==STATE_RUNNING) {
-               p->state=STATE_STOPPING;
-               kill(p->pid,SIG_STOP_FOR_GC);
-           }
-           if((p->state!=STATE_STOPPED) &&
-              (p->state!=STATE_DEAD)) {
-               finished=0;
-           }
-       }
-       if(old_pid!=all_threads->pid) {
-           finished=0;
-       }
-    } while(!finished);
+    int status, lock_ret;
+#ifdef LOCK_CREATE_THREAD
+    /* KLUDGE: Stopping the thread during pthread_create() causes deadlock
+     * on FreeBSD. */
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/gc_stop_the_world:waiting on create_thread_lock\n"));
+    lock_ret = pthread_mutex_lock(&create_thread_lock);
+    gc_assert(lock_ret == 0);
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/gc_stop_the_world:got create_thread_lock\n"));
+#endif
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/gc_stop_the_world:waiting on lock\n"));
+    /* keep threads from starting while the world is stopped. */
+    lock_ret = pthread_mutex_lock(&all_threads_lock);      \
+    gc_assert(lock_ret == 0);
+
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/gc_stop_the_world:got lock\n"));
+    /* stop all other threads by sending them SIG_STOP_FOR_GC */
+    for(p=all_threads; p; p=p->next) {
+        gc_assert(p->os_thread != 0);
+        FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/gc_stop_the_world: thread=%lu, state=%x\n",
+                      p->os_thread, thread_state(p)));
+        if((p!=th) && ((thread_state(p)==STATE_RUNNING))) {
+            FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/gc_stop_the_world: suspending thread %lu\n",
+                          p->os_thread));
+            /* We already hold all_thread_lock, P can become DEAD but
+             * cannot exit, ergo it's safe to use pthread_kill. */
+            status=pthread_kill(p->os_thread,SIG_STOP_FOR_GC);
+            if (status==ESRCH) {
+                /* This thread has exited. */
+                gc_assert(thread_state(p)==STATE_DEAD);
+            } else if (status) {
+                lose("cannot send suspend thread=%lu: %d, %s\n",
+                     p->os_thread,status,strerror(status));
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/gc_stop_the_world:signals sent\n"));
+    for(p=all_threads;p;p=p->next) {
+        if (p!=th) {
+            FSHOW_SIGNAL
+                ((stderr,
+                  "/gc_stop_the_world: waiting for thread=%lu: state=%x\n",
+                  p->os_thread, thread_state(p)));
+            wait_for_thread_state_change(p, STATE_RUNNING);
+            if (p->state == STATE_RUNNING)
+                lose("/gc_stop_the_world: unexpected state");
+        }
+    }
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/gc_stop_the_world:end\n"));
 }
 
 void gc_start_the_world()
 {
     struct thread *p,*th=arch_os_get_current_thread();
+    int lock_ret;
     /* if a resumed thread creates a new thread before we're done with
-     * this loop, the new thread will get consed on the front of *
-     * all_threads_lock, but it won't have been stopped so won't need
+     * this loop, the new thread will get consed on the front of
+     * all_threads, but it won't have been stopped so won't need
      * restarting */
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/gc_start_the_world:begin\n"));
     for(p=all_threads;p;p=p->next) {
-       if((p==th) || (p->state==STATE_DEAD)) continue;
-       p->state=STATE_RUNNING;
-       kill(p->pid,SIG_STOP_FOR_GC);
+        gc_assert(p->os_thread!=0);
+        if (p!=th) {
+            lispobj state = thread_state(p);
+            if (state != STATE_DEAD) {
+                if(state != STATE_SUSPENDED) {
+                    lose("gc_start_the_world: wrong thread state is %d\n",
+                         fixnum_value(state));
+                }
+                FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr, "/gc_start_the_world: resuming %lu\n",
+                              p->os_thread));
+                set_thread_state(p, STATE_RUNNING);
+            }
+        }
     }
+
+    lock_ret = pthread_mutex_unlock(&all_threads_lock);
+    gc_assert(lock_ret == 0);
+#ifdef LOCK_CREATE_THREAD
+    lock_ret = pthread_mutex_unlock(&create_thread_lock);
+    gc_assert(lock_ret == 0);
+#endif
+
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/gc_start_the_world:end\n"));
 }
 #endif
+
+int
+thread_yield()
+{
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+    return sched_yield();
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+/* If the thread id given does not belong to a running thread (it has
+ * exited or never even existed) pthread_kill _may_ fail with ESRCH,
+ * but it is also allowed to just segfault, see
+ * <http://udrepper.livejournal.com/16844.html>.
+ *
+ * Relying on thread ids can easily backfire since ids are recycled
+ * (NPTL recycles them extremely fast) so a signal can be sent to
+ * another process if the one it was sent to exited.
+ *
+ * We send signals in two places: signal_interrupt_thread sends a
+ * signal that's harmless if delivered to another thread, but
+ * SIG_STOP_FOR_GC is fatal.
+ *
+ * For these reasons, we must make sure that the thread is still alive
+ * when the pthread_kill is called and return if the thread is
+ * exiting. */
+int
+kill_safely(os_thread_t os_thread, int signal)
+{
+    FSHOW_SIGNAL((stderr,"/kill_safely: %lu, %d\n", os_thread, signal));
+    {
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_SB_THREAD
+        sigset_t oldset;
+        struct thread *thread;
+        /* pthread_kill is not async signal safe and we don't want to be
+         * interrupted while holding the lock. */
+        block_deferrable_signals(0, &oldset);
+        pthread_mutex_lock(&all_threads_lock);
+        for (thread = all_threads; thread; thread = thread->next) {
+            if (thread->os_thread == os_thread) {
+                int status = pthread_kill(os_thread, signal);
+                if (status)
+                    lose("kill_safely: pthread_kill failed with %d\n", status);
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&all_threads_lock);
+        thread_sigmask(SIG_SETMASK,&oldset,0);
+        if (thread)
+            return 0;
+        else
+            return -1;
+#else
+        int status;
+        if (os_thread != 0)
+            lose("kill_safely: who do you want to kill? %d?\n", os_thread);
+        /* Dubious (as in don't know why it works) workaround for the
+         * signal sometimes not being generated on darwin. */
+#ifdef LISP_FEATURE_DARWIN
+        {
+            sigset_t oldset;
+            sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &deferrable_sigset, &oldset);
+            status = raise(signal);
+            sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK,&oldset,0);
+        }
+#else
+        status = raise(signal);
+#endif
+        if (status == 0) {
+            return 0;
+        } else {
+            lose("cannot raise signal %d, %d %s\n",
+                 signal, status, strerror(errno));
+        }
+#endif
+    }
+}