optimize cancellation enable/disable code

the goal is to be able to use pthread_setcancelstate internally in
the implementation, whenever a function might want to use functions
which are cancellation points but avoid becoming a cancellation point
itself. i could have just used a separate internal function for
temporarily inhibiting cancellation, but the solution in this commit
is better because (1) it's one less implementation-specific detail in
functions that need to use it, and (2) application code can also get
the same benefit.

previously, pthread_setcancelstate dependend on pthread_self, which
would pull in unwanted thread setup overhead for non-threaded
programs. now, it temporarily stores the state in the global libc
struct if threads have not been initialized, and later moves it if
needed. this way we can instead use __pthread_self, which has no
dependencies and assumes that the thread register is already valid.

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/internal/libc.h b/src/internal/libc.h
index 3f1e55e5..d6df93d0 100644
--- a/src/internal/libc.h
+++ b/src/internal/libc.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ struct __libc {
 	volatile int threads_minus_1;
 	int ofl_lock;
 	FILE *ofl_head;
+	int canceldisable;
 };