On Thu, Jun 14, 2018, at 4:31 PM, Jeff Epler wrote:
> I think there's little use for the functions SWP proposed, assuming his
> analysis that they have to take a HAL lock is true. The functions
> aren't useful at component-init time, because it's expected for there to
> be no connections yet; but they're not usable at runtime, which is when
> the dummysig trick is useful. Is there another use case to consider?
>
Why are they not usable at runtime? Nothing precludes taking the HAL lock at
runtime. The lock prevents changes to the HAL topology, but does not prevent
execution of HAL functions and components.
> Go ahead and use dummysig if it's appropriate, and wrap it in an API if
> you like, but don't add these other functions without a good motivation.
>
> Jeff
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