#5797: readRawBufferPtr cannot be interrupted by exception on Windows with
-threaded
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Reporter: joeyadams | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: libraries/base | Version: 7.2.2
Keywords: | Os: Windows
Architecture: x86 | Failure: Incorrect result at runtime
Difficulty: Unknown | Testcase:
Blockedby: | Blocking:
Related: |
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Changes (by simonmar):
* difficulty: => Unknown
Comment:
Similar to #3937.
The real problem is that there is no IO manager on Windows. It is the
communication between the client thread and the IO manager that allows IO
operations to be interrupted on Unix systems, whereas on Windows with
-threaded all IO is implemented with safe foreign calls.
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