Merge trunk.

"paranoia" patch for the notifier, making sure that thread local data from invalid threads are never accessed by the forked main thread.

14 files changed, 91 insertions, 84 deletions

diff --git a/doc/AddErrInfo.3 b/doc/AddErrInfo.3
index d4bf7d5..e6563a0 100644
--- a/doc/AddErrInfo.3
+++ b/doc/AddErrInfo.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\" 
+'\"
 .TH Tcl_AddErrorInfo 3 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
diff --git a/doc/DString.3 b/doc/DString.3
index 0e571d2..00f1b8a 100644
--- a/doc/DString.3
+++ b/doc/DString.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\" 
+'\"
 .TH Tcl_DString 3 7.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
diff --git a/doc/Encoding.3 b/doc/Encoding.3
index 6664b3b..81ef508 100644
--- a/doc/Encoding.3
+++ b/doc/Encoding.3
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\" 
+'\"
 .TH Tcl_GetEncoding 3 "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ desired.
 .AP "const char" *name in
 Name of encoding to load.
 .AP Tcl_Encoding encoding in
-The encoding to query, free, or use for converting text.  If \fIencoding\fR is 
+The encoding to query, free, or use for converting text.  If \fIencoding\fR is
 NULL, the current system encoding is used.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in
 Name of encoding to get token for.
@@ -86,17 +86,17 @@ Points to storage where encoding token is to be written.
 For the \fBTcl_ExternalToUtf\fR functions, an array of bytes in the
 specified encoding that are to be converted to UTF-8.  For the
 \fBTcl_UtfToExternal\fR and \fBTcl_WinUtfToTChar\fR functions, an array of
-UTF-8 characters to be converted to the specified encoding.  
+UTF-8 characters to be converted to the specified encoding.
 .AP "const TCHAR" *tsrc in
 An array of Windows TCHAR characters to convert to UTF-8.
-.AP int srcLen in 
-Length of \fIsrc\fR or \fItsrc\fR in bytes.  If the length is negative, the 
+.AP int srcLen in
+Length of \fIsrc\fR or \fItsrc\fR in bytes.  If the length is negative, the
 encoding-specific length of the string is used.
 .AP Tcl_DString *dstPtr out
 Pointer to an uninitialized or free \fBTcl_DString\fR in which the converted
 result will be stored.
 .AP int flags in
-Various flag bits OR-ed together.  
+Various flag bits OR-ed together.
 \fBTCL_ENCODING_START\fR signifies that the
 source buffer is the first block in a (potentially multi-block) input
 stream, telling the conversion routine to reset to an initial state and
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ byte is converted and then to reset to an initial state.
 \fBTCL_ENCODING_STOPONERROR\fR signifies that the conversion routine should
 return immediately upon reading a source character that does not exist in
 the target encoding; otherwise a default fallback character will
-automatically be substituted.  
+automatically be substituted.
 .AP Tcl_EncodingState *statePtr in/out
 Used when converting a (generally long or indefinite length) byte stream
 in a piece-by-piece fashion.  The conversion routine stores its current
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ state in \fI*statePtr\fR after \fIsrc\fR (the buffer containing the
 current piece) has been converted; that state information must be passed
 back when converting the next piece of the stream so the conversion
 routine knows what state it was in when it left off at the end of the
-last piece.  May be NULL, in which case the value specified for \fIflags\fR 
+last piece.  May be NULL, in which case the value specified for \fIflags\fR
 is ignored and the source buffer is assumed to contain the complete string to
 convert.
 .AP char *dst out
@@ -137,11 +137,11 @@ stored in the output buffer.  May be NULL.
 .AP Tcl_DString *bufPtr out
 Storage for the prescribed system encoding name.
 .AP "const Tcl_EncodingType" *typePtr in
-Structure that defines a new type of encoding.  
+Structure that defines a new type of encoding.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *searchPath in
 List of filesystem directories in which to search for encoding data files.
 .AP "const char" *path in
-A path to the location of the encoding file.  
+A path to the location of the encoding file.
 .BE
 .SH INTRODUCTION
 .PP
@@ -180,13 +180,13 @@ The first time \fIname\fR is seen, \fBTcl_GetEncoding\fR returns an
 encoding with a reference count of 1.  If the same \fIname\fR is requested
 further times, then the reference count for that encoding is incremented
 without the overhead of allocating a new encoding and all its associated
-data structures.  
+data structures.
 .PP
 When an \fIencoding\fR is no longer needed, \fBTcl_FreeEncoding\fR
 should be called to release it.  When an \fIencoding\fR is no longer in use
 anywhere (i.e., it has been freed as many times as it has been gotten)
 \fBTcl_FreeEncoding\fR will release all storage the encoding was using
-and delete it from the database. 
+and delete it from the database.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GetEncodingFromObj\fR treats the string representation of
 \fIobjPtr\fR as an encoding name, and finds an encoding with that
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ on the resulting encoding token when that token will no longer be
 used.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_ExternalToUtfDString\fR converts a source buffer \fIsrc\fR from the
-specified \fIencoding\fR into UTF-8.  The converted bytes are stored in 
+specified \fIencoding\fR into UTF-8.  The converted bytes are stored in
 \fIdstPtr\fR, which is then null-terminated.  The caller should eventually
 call \fBTcl_DStringFree\fR to free any information stored in \fIdstPtr\fR.
 When converting, if any of the characters in the source buffer cannot be
@@ -227,17 +227,17 @@ sequence, but more bytes were needed to complete this sequence.  A
 subsequent call to the conversion routine should pass a buffer containing
 the unconverted bytes that remained in \fIsrc\fR plus some further bytes
 from the source stream to properly convert the formerly split-up multibyte
-sequence.  
+sequence.
 .IP \fBTCL_CONVERT_SYNTAX\fR 29
 The source buffer contained an invalid character sequence.  This may occur
 if the input stream has been damaged or if the input encoding method was
 misidentified.
 .IP \fBTCL_CONVERT_UNKNOWN\fR 29
 The source buffer contained a character that could not be represented in
-the target encoding and \fBTCL_ENCODING_STOPONERROR\fR was specified.  
+the target encoding and \fBTCL_ENCODING_STOPONERROR\fR was specified.
 .RE
 .LP
-\fBTcl_UtfToExternalDString\fR converts a source buffer \fIsrc\fR from UTF-8 
+\fBTcl_UtfToExternalDString\fR converts a source buffer \fIsrc\fR from UTF-8
 into the specified \fIencoding\fR.  The converted bytes are stored in
 \fIdstPtr\fR, which is then terminated with the appropriate encoding-specific
 null.  The caller should eventually call \fBTcl_DStringFree\fR to free any
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ Unicode encoding.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GetEncodingName\fR is roughly the inverse of \fBTcl_GetEncoding\fR.
 Given an \fIencoding\fR, the return value is the \fIname\fR argument that
-was used to create the encoding.  The string returned by 
+was used to create the encoding.  The string returned by
 \fBTcl_GetEncodingName\fR is only guaranteed to persist until the
 \fIencoding\fR is deleted.  The caller must not modify this string.
 .PP
@@ -306,9 +306,9 @@ reference count of 1. If an encoding with the specified \fIname\fR
 already exists, then its entry in the database is replaced with the new
 encoding; the token for the old encoding will remain valid and continue
 to behave as before, but users of the new token will now call the new
-encoding procedures.  
+encoding procedures.
 .PP
-The \fItypePtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_CreateEncoding\fR contains information 
+The \fItypePtr\fR argument to \fBTcl_CreateEncoding\fR contains information
 about the name of the encoding and the procedures that will be called to
 convert between this encoding and UTF-8.  It is defined as follows:
 .PP
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ typedef struct Tcl_EncodingType {
     Tcl_EncodingFreeProc *\fIfreeProc\fR;
     ClientData \fIclientData\fR;
     int \fInullSize\fR;
-} \fBTcl_EncodingType\fR;  
+} \fBTcl_EncodingType\fR;
 .CE
 .PP
 The \fIencodingName\fR provides a string name for the encoding, by
@@ -350,12 +350,12 @@ type \fBTcl_EncodingConvertProc\fR:
 .CS
 typedef int \fBTcl_EncodingConvertProc\fR(
         ClientData \fIclientData\fR,
-        const char *\fIsrc\fR, 
-        int \fIsrcLen\fR, 
-        int \fIflags\fR, 
+        const char *\fIsrc\fR,
+        int \fIsrcLen\fR,
+        int \fIflags\fR,
         Tcl_EncodingState *\fIstatePtr\fR,
-        char *\fIdst\fR, 
-        int \fIdstLen\fR, 
+        char *\fIdst\fR,
+        int \fIdstLen\fR,
         int *\fIsrcReadPtr\fR,
         int *\fIdstWrotePtr\fR,
         int *\fIdstCharsPtr\fR);
@@ -371,12 +371,12 @@ documented at the top, to \fBTcl_ExternalToUtf\fR or
 \fBTcl_UtfToExternal\fR, with the following exceptions.  If the
 \fIsrcLen\fR argument to one of those high-level functions is negative,
 the value passed to the callback procedure will be the appropriate
-encoding-specific string length of \fIsrc\fR.  If any of the \fIsrcReadPtr\fR, 
+encoding-specific string length of \fIsrc\fR.  If any of the \fIsrcReadPtr\fR,
 \fIdstWrotePtr\fR, or \fIdstCharsPtr\fR arguments to one of the high-level
 functions is NULL, the corresponding value passed to the callback
 procedure will be a non-NULL location.
 .PP
-The callback procedure \fIfreeProc\fR, if non-NULL, should match the type 
+The callback procedure \fIfreeProc\fR, if non-NULL, should match the type
 \fBTcl_EncodingFreeProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
@@ -386,11 +386,11 @@ typedef void \fBTcl_EncodingFreeProc\fR(
 .PP
 This \fIfreeProc\fR function is called when the encoding is deleted.  The
 \fIclientData\fR parameter is the same as the \fIclientData\fR field
-specified to \fBTcl_CreateEncoding\fR when the encoding was created.  
+specified to \fBTcl_CreateEncoding\fR when the encoding was created.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GetEncodingSearchPath\fR and \fBTcl_SetEncodingSearchPath\fR
 are called to access and set the list of filesystem directories searched
-for encoding data files.  
+for encoding data files.
 .PP
 The value returned by \fBTcl_GetEncodingSearchPath\fR
 is the value stored by the last successful call to
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ encoding files that can be loaded using the same mechanism.  These
 encoding files contain information about the tables and/or escape
 sequences used to map between an external encoding and Unicode.  The
 external encoding may consist of single-byte, multi-byte, or double-byte
-characters.  
+characters.
 .PP
 Each dynamically-loadable encoding is represented as a text file.  The
 initial line of the file, beginning with a
@@ -447,9 +447,9 @@ many Japanese computers.
 .IP "[4] \fBE\fR"
 An escape-sequence encoding, specifying that certain sequences of bytes
 do not represent characters, but commands that describe how following bytes
-should be interpreted.  
+should be interpreted.
 .PP
-The rest of the lines in the file depend on the type.  
+The rest of the lines in the file depend on the type.
 .PP
 Cases [1], [2], and [3] are collectively referred to as table-based encoding
 files.  The lines in a table-based encoding file are in the same
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ The third line of the file is three numbers.  The first number is the
 fallback character (in base 16) to use when converting from UTF-8 to this
 encoding.  The second number is a \fB1\fR if this file represents the
 encoding for a symbol font, or \fB0\fR otherwise.  The last number (in base
-10) is how many pages of data follow.  
+10) is how many pages of data follow.
 .PP
 Subsequent lines in the example above are pages that describe how to map
 from the encoding into 2-byte Unicode.  The first line in a page identifies
diff --git a/doc/Object.3 b/doc/Object.3
index 55451ab..bf80fe2 100644
--- a/doc/Object.3
+++ b/doc/Object.3
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\" 
+'\"
 .TH Tcl_Obj 3 8.5 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ Also, most Tcl values are only read and never modified.
 This is especially true for procedure arguments,
 which can be shared between the caller and the called procedure.
 Assignment and argument binding is done by
-simply assigning a pointer to the value. 
+simply assigning a pointer to the value.
 Reference counting is used to determine when it is safe to
 reclaim a value's storage.
 .PP
diff --git a/doc/OpenFileChnl.3 b/doc/OpenFileChnl.3
index cca76c2..582ff4b 100644
--- a/doc/OpenFileChnl.3
+++ b/doc/OpenFileChnl.3
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ Used for error reporting and to look up a channel registered in it.
 The name of a local or network file.
 .AP "const char" *mode in
 Specifies how the file is to be accessed.  May have any of the values
-allowed for the \fImode\fR argument to the Tcl \fBopen\fR command.  
+allowed for the \fImode\fR argument to the Tcl \fBopen\fR command.
 .AP int permissions in
 POSIX-style permission flags such as 0644.  If a new file is created, these
 permissions will be set on the created file.
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ file descriptor, for Windows it is a HANDLE.
 OR-ed combination of \fBTCL_READABLE\fR and \fBTCL_WRITABLE\fR to indicate
 what operations are valid on \fIhandle\fR.
 .AP "const char" *channelName in
-The name of the channel. 
+The name of the channel.
 .AP int *modePtr out
 Points at an integer variable that will receive an OR-ed combination of
 \fBTCL_READABLE\fR and \fBTCL_WRITABLE\fR denoting whether the channel is
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ from a procedure such as \fBTcl_OpenFileChannel\fR.
 A pointer to a Tcl value in which to store the characters read from the
 channel.
 .AP int charsToRead in
-The number of characters to read from the channel.  If the channel's encoding 
-is \fBbinary\fR, this is equivalent to the number of bytes to read from the 
+The number of characters to read from the channel.  If the channel's encoding
+is \fBbinary\fR, this is equivalent to the number of bytes to read from the
 channel.
 .AP int appendFlag in
 If non-zero, data read from the channel will be appended to the value.
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ be large enough to hold this many bytes.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *lineObjPtr in/out
 A pointer to a Tcl value in which to store the line read from the
 channel.  The line read will be appended to the current value of the
-value. 
+value.
 .AP Tcl_DString *lineRead in/out
 A pointer to a Tcl dynamic string in which to store the line read from the
 channel.  Must have been initialized by the caller.  The line read will be
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ If an error occurs while opening the channel, \fBTcl_OpenFileChannel\fR
 returns NULL and records a POSIX error code that can be
 retrieved with \fBTcl_GetErrno\fR.
 In addition, if \fIinterp\fR is non-NULL, \fBTcl_OpenFileChannel\fR
-leaves an error message in \fIinterp\fR's result after any error.  
-As of Tcl 8.4, the value-based API \fBTcl_FSOpenFileChannel\fR should 
+leaves an error message in \fIinterp\fR's result after any error.
+As of Tcl 8.4, the value-based API \fBTcl_FSOpenFileChannel\fR should
 be used in preference to \fBTcl_OpenFileChannel\fR wherever possible.
 .PP
 The newly created channel is not registered in the supplied interpreter; to
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ the standard channels (\fBstdout\fR, \fBstderr\fR, \fBstdin\fR), and will return
 Code not associated with a Tcl interpreter can call
 \fBTcl_DetachChannel\fR with \fIinterp\fR as NULL, to indicate to Tcl
 that it no longer holds a reference to that channel. If this is the last
-reference to the channel, unlike \fBTcl_UnregisterChannel\fR, 
+reference to the channel, unlike \fBTcl_UnregisterChannel\fR,
 it will not be closed.
 .SH TCL_ISSTANDARDCHANNEL
 .PP
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ it will not be closed.
 three standard channels, \fBstdin\fR, \fBstdout\fR or \fBstderr\fR.
 If so, it returns 1, otherwise 0.
 .PP
-No attempt is made to check whether the given channel or the standard 
+No attempt is made to check whether the given channel or the standard
 channels are initialized or otherwise valid.
 .SH TCL_CLOSE
 .PP
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ corresponding calls to \fBTcl_UnregisterChannel\fR.
 .SH "TCL_READCHARS AND TCL_READ"
 .PP
 \fBTcl_ReadChars\fR consumes bytes from \fIchannel\fR, converting the bytes
-to UTF-8 based on the channel's encoding and storing the produced data in 
+to UTF-8 based on the channel's encoding and storing the produced data in
 \fIreadObjPtr\fR's string representation.  The return value of
 \fBTcl_ReadChars\fR is the number of characters, up to \fIcharsToRead\fR,
 that were stored in \fIreadObjPtr\fR.  If an error occurs while reading, the
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ extensions.  It consumes bytes from \fIchannel\fR and stores them in
 of \fBTcl_Read\fR is the number of bytes, up to \fIbytesToRead\fR, written in
 \fIreadBuf\fR.  The buffer produced by \fBTcl_Read\fR is not null-terminated.
 Its contents are valid from the zeroth position up to and excluding the
-position indicated by the return value.  
+position indicated by the return value.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_ReadRaw\fR is the same as \fBTcl_Read\fR but does not
 compensate for stacking. While \fBTcl_Read\fR (and the other functions
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ to be null-terminated and it outputs everything up to the null.
 .PP
 Data queued for output may not appear on the output device immediately, due
 to internal buffering.  If the data should appear immediately, call
-\fBTcl_Flush\fR after the call to \fBTcl_WriteChars\fR, or set the 
+\fBTcl_Flush\fR after the call to \fBTcl_WriteChars\fR, or set the
 \fB\-buffering\fR option on the channel to \fBnone\fR.  If you wish the data
 to appear as soon as a complete line is accepted for output, set the
 \fB\-buffering\fR option on the channel to \fBline\fR mode.
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ channel.  This is done even if the channel has no encoding.
 \fBTcl_WriteObj\fR is similar to \fBTcl_WriteChars\fR except it
 accepts a Tcl value whose contents will be output to the channel.  The
 UTF-8 characters in \fIwriteObjPtr\fR's string representation are converted
-to the channel's encoding and queued for output to \fIchannel\fR.  
+to the channel's encoding and queued for output to \fIchannel\fR.
 As a performance optimization, when writing to a channel with the encoding
 \fBbinary\fR, UTF-8 characters are not converted as they are written.
 Instead, the bytes in \fIwriteObjPtr\fR's internal representation as a
diff --git a/doc/ParseCmd.3 b/doc/ParseCmd.3
index 7090dd3..667d697 100644
--- a/doc/ParseCmd.3
+++ b/doc/ParseCmd.3
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\" 
+'\"
 .TH Tcl_ParseCommand 3 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ following \fIstart\fR up to the first null character.
 .AP int nested in
 Non-zero means that the script is part of a command substitution so an
 unquoted close bracket should be treated as a command terminator.  If zero,
-close brackets have no special meaning. 
+close brackets have no special meaning.
 .AP int append in
 Non-zero means that \fI*parsePtr\fR already contains valid tokens; the new
 tokens should be appended to those already present.  Zero means that
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ result, and no information is left at \fI*parsePtr\fR.
 enclosed in braces such as
 \fB{hello}\fR or \fB{string \et with \et tabs}\fR
 from the beginning of its argument \fIstart\fR.
-The first character of \fIstart\fR must be \fB{\fR. 
+The first character of \fIstart\fR must be \fB{\fR.
 If the braced string was parsed successfully,
 \fBTcl_ParseBraces\fR returns \fBTCL_OK\fR,
 fills in the structure pointed to by \fIparsePtr\fR
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ and no information is left at \fI*parsePtr\fR or \fI*termPtr\fR.
 \fBTcl_ParseQuotedString\fR parses a double-quoted string such as
 \fB"sum is [expr {$a+$b}]"\fR
 from the beginning of the argument \fIstart\fR.
-The first character of \fIstart\fR must be \fB\N'34'\fR. 
+The first character of \fIstart\fR must be \fB\N'34'\fR.
 If the double-quoted string was parsed successfully,
 \fBTcl_ParseQuotedString\fR returns \fBTCL_OK\fR,
 fills in the structure pointed to by \fIparsePtr\fR
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ and no information is left at \fI*parsePtr\fR or \fI*termPtr\fR.
 \fBTcl_ParseVarName\fR parses a Tcl variable reference such as
 \fB$abc\fR or \fB$x([expr {$index + 1}])\fR from the beginning of its
 \fIstart\fR argument.
-The first character of \fIstart\fR must be \fB$\fR. 
+The first character of \fIstart\fR must be \fB$\fR.
 If a variable name was parsed successfully, \fBTcl_ParseVarName\fR
 returns \fBTCL_OK\fR and fills in the structure pointed to by
 \fIparsePtr\fR with information about the structure of the variable name
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ a Tcl_Parse structure.  The tokens typically consist
 of all the tokens in a word or all the tokens that make up the index for
 a reference to an array variable.  \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR performs the
 substitutions requested by the tokens and concatenates the
-resulting values. 
+resulting values.
 The return value from \fBTcl_EvalTokensStandard\fR is a Tcl completion
 code with one of the values \fBTCL_OK\fR, \fBTCL_ERROR\fR,
 \fBTCL_RETURN\fR, \fBTCL_BREAK\fR, or \fBTCL_CONTINUE\fR, or possibly
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ character that terminates the last comment.
 If the command is not preceded by any comments, \fIcommentSize\fR is 0.
 \fBTcl_ParseCommand\fR also sets the \fIcommandStart\fR field
 to point to the first character of the first
-word in the command (skipping any comments and leading space) and 
+word in the command (skipping any comments and leading space) and
 \fIcommandSize\fR gives the total number of bytes in the command,
 including the character pointed to by \fIcommandStart\fR up to and
 including the newline, close bracket, or semicolon character that
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ just the \fBTCL_TOKEN_OPERATOR\fR token.
 Each operand is described by a \fBTCL_TOKEN_SUB_EXPR\fR token.
 Otherwise, the subexpression is a value described by
 one of the token types \fBTCL_TOKEN_WORD\fR, \fBTCL_TOKEN_TEXT\fR,
-\fBTCL_TOKEN_BS\fR, \fBTCL_TOKEN_COMMAND\fR, 
+\fBTCL_TOKEN_BS\fR, \fBTCL_TOKEN_COMMAND\fR,
 \fBTCL_TOKEN_VARIABLE\fR, and \fBTCL_TOKEN_SUB_EXPR\fR.
 The \fInumComponents\fR field
 counts the total number of sub-tokens that make up the subexpression;
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ is always 0.
 After \fBTcl_ParseCommand\fR returns, the first token pointed to by
 the \fItokenPtr\fR field of the
 Tcl_Parse structure always has type \fBTCL_TOKEN_WORD\fR or
-\fBTCL_TOKEN_SIMPLE_WORD\fR or \fBTCL_TOKEN_EXPAND_WORD\fR.  
+\fBTCL_TOKEN_SIMPLE_WORD\fR or \fBTCL_TOKEN_EXPAND_WORD\fR.
 It is followed by the sub-tokens
 that must be concatenated to produce the value of that word.
 The next token is the \fBTCL_TOKEN_WORD\fR or \fBTCL_TOKEN_SIMPLE_WORD\fR
diff --git a/doc/StringObj.3 b/doc/StringObj.3
index cf8f6d3..7042cc8 100644
--- a/doc/StringObj.3
+++ b/doc/StringObj.3
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\" 
+'\"
 .TH Tcl_StringObj 3 8.1 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ sprintf(buf, format, ...);
 \fBTcl_NewStringObj\fR(buf, -1);
 .CE
 .PP
-but with greater convenience and no need to 
+but with greater convenience and no need to
 determine \fBSOME_SUITABLE_LENGTH\fR. The formatting is done with the same
 core formatting engine used by \fBTcl_Format\fR.  This means the set of
 supported conversion specifiers is that of the \fBformat\fR command and
@@ -329,8 +329,8 @@ Tcl_Obj *objPtr = \fBTcl_ObjPrintf\fR("Value is %d", x);
 .PP
 If the value of \fIformat\fR contains internal inconsistencies or invalid
 specifier formats, the formatted string result produced by
-\fBTcl_ObjPrintf\fR will be an error message describing the error. 
-It is impossible however to provide runtime protection against 
+\fBTcl_ObjPrintf\fR will be an error message describing the error.
+It is impossible however to provide runtime protection against
 mismatches between the format and any subsequent arguments.
 Compile-time protection may be provided by some compilers.
 .PP
diff --git a/doc/Thread.3 b/doc/Thread.3
index ac5f2ba..5966a71 100644
--- a/doc/Thread.3
+++ b/doc/Thread.3
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\" 
+'\"
 .TH Threads 3 "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -79,9 +79,10 @@ waited upon into it.
 .SH INTRODUCTION
 Beginning with the 8.1 release, the Tcl core is thread safe, which
 allows you to incorporate Tcl into multithreaded applications without
-customizing the Tcl core.  To enable Tcl multithreading support,
-you must include the \fB\-\|\-enable-threads\fR option to \fBconfigure\fR
-when you configure and compile your Tcl core.
+customizing the Tcl core.  Starting with the 8.6 release, Tcl
+multithreading support is on by default. To disable Tcl multithreading
+support, you must include the \fB\-\|\-disable-threads\fR option to
+\fBconfigure\fR when you configure and compile your Tcl core.
 .PP
 An important constraint of the Tcl threads implementation is that
 \fIonly the thread that created a Tcl interpreter can use that
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ will cause a memory leak.
 .PP
 The \fBTcl_GetThreadData\fR call returns a pointer to a block of
 thread-private data.  Its argument is a key that is shared by all threads
-and a size for the block of storage.  The storage is automatically 
+and a size for the block of storage.  The storage is automatically
 allocated and initialized to all zeros the first time each thread asks for it.
 The storage is automatically deallocated by \fBTcl_FinalizeThread\fR.
 .SS "SYNCHRONIZATION AND COMMUNICATION"
diff --git a/doc/ToUpper.3 b/doc/ToUpper.3
index 587e76b..b933e9c 100644
--- a/doc/ToUpper.3
+++ b/doc/ToUpper.3
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\" 
+'\"
 .TH Tcl_UtfToUpper 3 "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
diff --git a/doc/Utf.3 b/doc/Utf.3
index 9b506f4..378c806 100644
--- a/doc/Utf.3
+++ b/doc/Utf.3
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 '\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-'\" 
+'\"
 .TH Utf 3 "8.1" Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .BS
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ int
 int
 \fBTcl_UtfCharComplete\fR(\fIsrc, length\fR)
 .sp
-int 
+int
 \fBTcl_NumUtfChars\fR(\fIsrc, length\fR)
 .sp
 const char *
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ Pointer to the beginning of a UTF-8 string.
 .AP int index in
 The index of a character (not byte) in the UTF-8 string.
 .AP int *readPtr out
-If non-NULL, filled with the number of bytes in the backslash sequence, 
+If non-NULL, filled with the number of bytes in the backslash sequence,
 including the backslash character.
 .AP char *dst out
 Buffer in which the bytes represented by the backslash sequence are stored.
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ end and dereference non-existent or random memory; if the source buffer
 is known to be null-terminated, this will not happen.  If the input is
 not in proper UTF-8 format, \fBTcl_UtfToUniChar\fR will store the first
 byte of \fIsrc\fR in \fI*chPtr\fR as a Tcl_UniChar between 0x0000 and
-0x00ff and return 1.  
+0x00ff and return 1.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_UniCharToUtfDString\fR converts the given Unicode string
 to UTF-8, storing the result in a previously initialized \fBTcl_DString\fR.
@@ -210,12 +210,12 @@ length is negative, all bytes up to the first null byte are used.
 \fBTcl_UtfFindFirst\fR corresponds to \fBstrchr\fR for UTF-8 strings.  It
 returns a pointer to the first occurrence of the Tcl_UniChar \fIch\fR
 in the null-terminated UTF-8 string \fIsrc\fR.  The null terminator is
-considered part of the UTF-8 string.  
+considered part of the UTF-8 string.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_UtfFindLast\fR corresponds to \fBstrrchr\fR for UTF-8 strings.  It
 returns a pointer to the last occurrence of the Tcl_UniChar \fIch\fR
 in the null-terminated UTF-8 string \fIsrc\fR.  The null terminator is
-considered part of the UTF-8 string.  
+considered part of the UTF-8 string.
 .PP
 Given \fIsrc\fR, a pointer to some location in a UTF-8 string,
 \fBTcl_UtfNext\fR returns a pointer to the next UTF-8 character in the
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ characters.  Behavior is undefined if a negative \fIindex\fR is given.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_UtfAtIndex\fR returns a pointer to the specified character (not
 byte) \fIindex\fR in the UTF-8 string \fIsrc\fR.  The source string must
-contain at least \fIindex\fR characters.  This is equivalent to calling 
+contain at least \fIindex\fR characters.  This is equivalent to calling
 \fBTcl_UtfNext\fR \fIindex\fR times.  If a negative \fIindex\fR is given,
 the return pointer points to the first character in the source string.
 .PP
diff --git a/tests/ioCmd.test b/tests/ioCmd.test
index 4fbc380..cd89a02 100644
--- a/tests/ioCmd.test
+++ b/tests/ioCmd.test
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ test iocmd-8.19 {fconfigure command / win tty channel} -constraints {nonPortable
 	close $tty
     }
 } -returnCodes error -result {bad option "-blah": should be one of -blocking, -buffering, -buffersize, -encoding, -eofchar, -translation, -mode, -handshake, -pollinterval, -sysbuffer, -timeout, -ttycontrol, or -xchar}
-# TODO: Test parsing of serial channel options (nonportable, since requires an
+# TODO: Test parsing of serial channel options (nonPortable, since requires an
 # open channel to work with).
 
 test iocmd-9.1 {eof command} {
@@ -3770,7 +3770,7 @@ test iocmd.tf-32.0 {origin thread of moved channel gone} -match glob -body {
 # The test iocmd.tf-32.1 unavoidably exhibits a memory leak.  We are testing
 # the ability of the reflected channel system to react to the situation where
 # the thread in which the driver routines runs exits during driver operations.
-# In this case, thread exit handlers signal back to the owner thread so that the 
+# In this case, thread exit handlers signal back to the owner thread so that the
 # channel operation does not hang.  There's no way to test this without actually
 # exiting a thread in mid-operation, and that action is unavoidably leaky (which
 # is why [thread::exit] is advised against).
diff --git a/tests/socket.test b/tests/socket.test
index 4f90e51..8473602 100644
--- a/tests/socket.test
+++ b/tests/socket.test
@@ -1794,7 +1794,7 @@ test socket_$af-13.1 {Testing use of shared socket between two threads} -body {
     close $s
     thread::release $serverthread
     append result " " [llength [thread::names]]
-} -result {hello 1} -constraints [list socket supported_$af thread] 
+} -result {hello 1} -constraints [list socket supported_$af thread]
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -2249,7 +2249,7 @@ test socket-14.11.0 {pending [socket -async] and nonblocking [puts], no listener
         unset x
     } -result {socket is not connected} -returnCodes 1
 test socket-14.11.1 {pending [socket -async] and nonblocking [puts], no listener, flush} \
-    -constraints {socket nonportable} \
+    -constraints {socket nonPortable} \
     -body {
         set sock [socket -async localhost [randport]]
         fconfigure $sock -blocking 0
@@ -2281,10 +2281,10 @@ test socket-14.13 {testing writable event when quick failure} \
     -constraints {socket win supported_inet} \
     -body {
     # Test for bug 336441ed59 where a quick background fail was ignored
-    
+
     # Test only for windows as socket -async 255.255.255.255 fails
     # directly on unix
-    
+
     # The following connect should fail very quickly
     set a1 [after 2000 {set x timeout}]
     set s [socket -async 255.255.255.255 43434]
@@ -2299,7 +2299,7 @@ test socket-14.13 {testing writable event when quick failure} \
 test socket-14.14 {testing fileevent readable on failed async socket connect} \
     -constraints {socket} -body {
     # Test for bug 581937ab1e
-    
+
     set a1 [after 5000 {set x timeout}]
     # This connect should fail
     set s [socket -async localhost [randport]]
diff --git a/tests/unixFCmd.test b/tests/unixFCmd.test
index 2d227fe..183c145 100644
--- a/tests/unixFCmd.test
+++ b/tests/unixFCmd.test
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ file delete -force -- foo.test
 test unixFCmd-18.1 {Unix pwd} -constraints {unix notRoot nonPortable} -setup {
     set cd [pwd]
 } -body {
-    # This test is nonportable because SunOS generates a weird error
+    # This test is nonPortable because SunOS generates a weird error
     # message when the current directory isn't readable.
     set nd $cd/tstdir
     file mkdir $nd
diff --git a/unix/tclUnixNotfy.c b/unix/tclUnixNotfy.c
index 2d5a560..f942329 100644
--- a/unix/tclUnixNotfy.c
+++ b/unix/tclUnixNotfy.c
@@ -1462,6 +1462,12 @@ AtForkChild(void)
 	    pthread_cond_init(&tsdPtr->waitCV, NULL);
 #endif
 	    /*
+	     * In case, we had multiple threads running before the fork,
+	     * make sure, we don't try to reach out to their thread local data.
+	     */
+	    tsdPtr->nextPtr = tsdPtr->prevPtr = NULL;
+
+	    /*
 	     * The list of registered event handlers at fork time is in
 	     * tsdPtr->firstFileHandlerPtr;
 	     */