The class InheritableThreadLocal adds a routine childValue() that is
supposed to initialize the thread local storage in a child thread.
It does not always work.

Source code is attached.
Machine and OS information is attached.

Failure is intermittent with JDK 1.2.2 build D. The test has never succeeded
with builds M and O.

algol% setenv THREADS_FLAG native
algol% /net/mulder.eng/export/mulder3/jdk12x/sparc/jdk1.2.2_O/bin/java ThreadTest
Thread 4 failed in testThreadLocal_I in TestInheritableLocalStorage.
4 4.0
2 2.0
Cycle=0 Pass=false
algol% /net/mulder.eng/export/mulder3/jdk12x/sparc/jdk1.2.2_M/bin/java ThreadTest
Thread 4 failed in testThreadLocal_I in TestInheritableLocalStorage.
4 4.0
2 2.0
Cycle=0 Pass=false
algol% /net/mulder.eng/export/mulder3/jdk12x/sparc/jdk1.2.2_D/bin/java ThreadTest
Cycle=0 Pass=true
Cycle=1 Pass=true
Cycle=2 Pass=true
Cycle=3 Pass=true
Cycle=4 Pass=true
Cycle=5 Pass=true
Cycle=6 Pass=true
Cycle=7 Pass=true
Thread 4 failed in testThreadLocal_I in TestInheritableLocalStorage.
4 4.0
1000 1000.0
Cycle=8 Pass=false

allan.jacobs@Eng 1999-04-26