Re: [Libreoffice] [PATCH] [NOT_URGENT] Some OSL cleanup

> -#if defined(LINUX)
> -/* The linux kernel thread implemention, always return the pid of the
> -   thread subprocess and not of the main process. So we save the main
> -   pid at startup
> +#if defined(LINUX) && defined (__GLIBC__) && __GLIBC__ == 2 || __GLIBC_MINOR__ < 4

The above looks broken, given that && binds tighter than ||.  From the 
comments, I gather that what actually should be checked is that 
__GLIBC__.__GLIBC_MINOR__ < 2.4, right?  So, since we would not care 
about glibc 1, anyway, the || should be replaced with a && I think.

Stephan

> +/* The linux kernel 2.4 getpid implemention always return the pid of the
> +   thread subprocess and not of the main process, the NPTL implementation
> +   with a Linux kernel 2.6 kernel return the pid. So when possibly
> +   their is the wrong implementation of getpid, we save the pid at startup.
>     FIXME: when our Linux base-line is above:
> -        + Linux kernel version 2.6.18 or higher; -> clone() for NTPL
> -        + glibc2 version 2.5 or higher; -> NPTL
> +        + Linux kernel version 2.6 or higher; -> clone() for NTPL
> +        + glibc2 version 2.4 or higher; -> No longer LinuxThreads, only NPTL
>     Then we get a working getpid() and can remove this hack.
> +   FIXME: getppid is also wrong in this situation
>  */