+ __hurd_sigthread_stack_end = __hurd_sigthread_stack_base + stacksize;
+ __hurd_sigthread_variables =
+ malloc (__hurd_threadvar_max * sizeof (unsigned long int));
+ if (__hurd_sigthread_variables == NULL)
+ __libc_fatal ("hurd: Can't allocate threadvars for signal thread\n");
+ memset (__hurd_sigthread_variables, 0,
+ __hurd_threadvar_max * sizeof (unsigned long int));
+ __hurd_sigthread_variables[_HURD_THREADVAR_LOCALE]
+ = (unsigned long int) &_nl_global_locale;
+
+ /* Reinitialize the MiG support routines so they will use a per-thread
+ variable for the cached reply port. */
+ __mig_init ((void *) __hurd_sigthread_stack_base);
+
+ err = __thread_resume (_hurd_msgport_thread);
+ assert_perror (err);
+ }
+ else
+ {
+ /* When cthreads is being used, we need to make the signal thread a
+ proper cthread. Otherwise it cannot use mutex_lock et al, which
+ will be the cthreads versions. Various of the message port RPC
+ handlers need to take locks, so we need to be able to call into
+ cthreads code and meet its assumptions about how our thread and
+ its stack are arranged. Since cthreads puts it there anyway,
+ we'll let the signal thread's per-thread variables be found as for
+ any normal cthread, and just leave the magic __hurd_sigthread_*
+ values all zero so they'll be ignored. */
+#pragma weak cthread_fork
+#pragma weak cthread_detach
+ cthread_detach (cthread_fork ((cthread_fn_t) &_hurd_msgport_receive, 0));
+
+ /* XXX We need the thread port for the signal thread further on
+ in this thread (see hurdfault.c:_hurdsigfault_init).
+ Therefore we block until _hurd_msgport_thread is initialized
+ by the newly created thread. This really shouldn't be
+ necessary; we should be able to fetch the thread port for a
+ cthread from here. */
+ while (_hurd_msgport_thread == 0)
+ __swtch_pri (0);
+ }