From here: 
http://lists.cross-lfs.org/pipermail/clfs-support-cross-lfs.org/2008-January/000093.html
and here:
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/sem_wait.c.diff?cvsroot=glibc&r1=1.1&r2=1.2

This explanation:
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I went to old versions of glibc, and i saw this patch. 
http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/libc/nptl/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sparc32/sem_wait.c.diff?cvsroot=glibc&r1=1.1&r2=1.2


It seems that they have replaced the variable futex with &isem->value except line 158. So I did it, and compilation finished. I was able to complete the section successfully. I will try to compile an application and check its correctness soon.


- val = atomic_decrement_if_positive (futex);
+ val = atomic_decrement_if_positive (&isem->value);

berkin

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