Index: glibc-2.12-2-gc4ccff1/nptl/allocatestack.c =================================================================== --- glibc-2.12-2-gc4ccff1.orig/nptl/allocatestack.c +++ glibc-2.12-2-gc4ccff1/nptl/allocatestack.c @@ -994,7 +994,16 @@ setxid_mark_thread (struct xid_command * /* If the thread is exiting right now, ignore it. */ if ((ch & EXITING_BITMASK) != 0) - return; + { + /* Release the futex if there is no other setxid in + progress. */ + if ((ch & SETXID_BITMASK) == 0) + { + t->setxid_futex = 1; + lll_futex_wake (&t->setxid_futex, 1, LLL_PRIVATE); + } + return; + } } while (atomic_compare_and_exchange_bool_acq (&t->cancelhandling, ch | SETXID_BITMASK, ch));