1 files changed, 30 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/src/time/timer_create.c b/src/time/timer_create.c
index 4bef2390..cc6c2236 100644
--- a/src/time/timer_create.c
+++ b/src/time/timer_create.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <time.h>
 #include <setjmp.h>
 #include <limits.h>
+#include <semaphore.h>
 #include "pthread_impl.h"
 #include "atomic.h"
 
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ struct ksigevent {
 };
 
 struct start_args {
-	pthread_barrier_t b;
+	sem_t sem1, sem2;
 	struct sigevent *sev;
 };
 
@@ -21,10 +22,16 @@ static void dummy_0()
 }
 weak_alias(dummy_0, __pthread_tsd_run_dtors);
 
+static void timer_handler(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *ctx)
+{
+}
+
 static void cleanup_fromsig(void *p)
 {
 	pthread_t self = __pthread_self();
 	__pthread_tsd_run_dtors();
+	__block_app_sigs(0);
+	__syscall(SYS_rt_sigprocmask, SIG_BLOCK, SIGTIMER_SET, 0, _NSIG/8);
 	self->cancel = 0;
 	self->cancelbuf = 0;
 	self->canceldisable = 0;
@@ -42,7 +49,16 @@ static void *start(void *arg)
 	void (*notify)(union sigval) = args->sev->sigev_notify_function;
 	union sigval val = args->sev->sigev_value;
 
-	pthread_barrier_wait(&args->b);
+	/* The two-way semaphore synchronization ensures that we see
+	 * self->cancel set by the parent if timer creation failed or
+	 * self->timer_id if it succeeded, and informs the parent that
+	 * we are done accessing the arguments so that the parent can
+	 * proceed past their block lifetime. */
+	while (sem_wait(&args->sem1));
+	sem_post(&args->sem2);
+
+	if (self->cancel)
+		return 0;
 	for (;;) {
 		siginfo_t si;
 		while (sigwaitinfo(SIGTIMER_SET, &si) < 0);
@@ -59,7 +75,7 @@ static void *start(void *arg)
 
 int timer_create(clockid_t clk, struct sigevent *restrict evp, timer_t *restrict res)
 {
-	volatile static int init = 0;
+	static volatile int init = 0;
 	pthread_t td;
 	pthread_attr_t attr;
 	int r;
@@ -88,7 +104,10 @@ int timer_create(clockid_t clk, struct sigevent *restrict evp, timer_t *restrict
 		break;
 	case SIGEV_THREAD:
 		if (!init) {
-			struct sigaction sa = { .sa_handler = SIG_DFL };
+			struct sigaction sa = {
+				.sa_sigaction = timer_handler,
+				.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO | SA_RESTART
+			};
 			__libc_sigaction(SIGTIMER, &sa, 0);
 			a_store(&init, 1);
 		}
@@ -97,7 +116,8 @@ int timer_create(clockid_t clk, struct sigevent *restrict evp, timer_t *restrict
 		else
 			pthread_attr_init(&attr);
 		pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
-		pthread_barrier_init(&args.b, 0, 2);
+		sem_init(&args.sem1, 0, 0);
+		sem_init(&args.sem2, 0, 0);
 		args.sev = evp;
 
 		__block_app_sigs(&set);
@@ -113,10 +133,13 @@ int timer_create(clockid_t clk, struct sigevent *restrict evp, timer_t *restrict
 		ksev.sigev_signo = SIGTIMER;
 		ksev.sigev_notify = SIGEV_THREAD_ID;
 		ksev.sigev_tid = td->tid;
-		if (syscall(SYS_timer_create, clk, &ksev, &timerid) < 0)
+		if (syscall(SYS_timer_create, clk, &ksev, &timerid) < 0) {
 			timerid = -1;
+			td->cancel = 1;
+		}
 		td->timer_id = timerid;
-		pthread_barrier_wait(&args.b);
+		sem_post(&args.sem1);
+		while (sem_wait(&args.sem2));
 		if (timerid < 0) return -1;
 		*res = (void *)(INTPTR_MIN | (uintptr_t)td>>1);
 		break;