Hi List, FYI: just commited to cvs.
On Monday 13 October 2003 00:00, Alexander Malysh wrote: > Hi List, > > attached patch corrects signal handling routine for bearerbox. We may not > call mutex_[lock|unlock] or any not asynchron signal safe functions within > a signal handler. Here is a quote from 'man pthread_mutex_lock': > > ASYNC-SIGNAL SAFETY > The mutex functions are not async-signal safe. What this means is > that they should not be called from a signal handler. In particular, > calling pthread_mutex_lock or pthread_mutex_unlock from a signal handler > may deadlock the calling thread. > > Generally for signal handler apply: make as little as possible within > signal handler function. > > Comments and votes are very welcome... > -- Best regards / Mit besten Gr��en aus D�sseldorf Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Malysh ___________________________________________ Centrium GmbH Vogelsanger Weg 80 40470 D�sseldorf Fon: +49 (0211) 74 84 51 80 Fax: +49 (0211) 277 49 109 email: a.malysh at centrium.de web: www.centrium.de msn: olek2002 at hotmail.com icq: 98063111 ___________________________________________ Please avoid sending me Word, Excel or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
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