Roland,
While working on Python, I discovered that the GNU implementation of
mutex_locK() is
not compatible with Python's cthread support. I modified the Python sources to
get
it to compile, but thought I'd at least pass this your way for consideration.
The problem is with the use of a #define for mutex_init:
(From /include/cthreads.h)
#define mutex_init(m) \
MACRO_BEGIN
spin_lock_init(&(m)->lock); \
cthread_queue_init(&(m)->queue); \
spin_lock_init(&(m)->held); \
MACRO_END
Python uses this call in an "if" construct, expecting it to return a value.
(From [python]/Python/thread_cthread.h)
if (mutex_init(lock)) {
// Do error handling ....
}
Should this be modified (perhaps as an inline function) to cause a return
value on error?
Thanks,
-Brent
