Ok, I think I got a bit lost here... how should I proceed then? Thanks,
pablo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonathan Pryor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Miguel de Icaza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [Mono-dev] Control-C handler > On Thu, 2007-12-20 at 14:16 -0500, Miguel de Icaza wrote: >> Hello, >> >> > You can use signal(2), which is helpfully exposed by Mono.Posix.dll. >> > >> > See the attached program. >> >> This actually would corrupt the application state, because the C-c >> handler will run the entire JIT at that point and this happens in the >> same thread as the executing thread. > > Isn't there a method that says "JIT this function now"? (I thought > Marshal.Prelink() did that, which is what Stdlib.signal() calls, but I > just re-read the documentation and it doesn't do anything of the sort.) > > Before dropping to C, though, there are two alternatives: > > 1. Call handler() *before* passing it to Stdlib.signal(): > > handler (-1); > Stdlib.signal (Signum.SIGINT, handler); > /* ... as before ... */ > > This would require changing handler() to know about this initialization > call and NOT set ctrl_c_pressed if the parameter is -1. > > This would also allow a pure C# signal handler, as the method will be > JITed during the first handler() call. > > 2. Use System.Runtime.ConstrainedExecution.PrePrepareMethodAttribute on > the signal handler method. This would require that Mono have support > for Constrained Execution regions, which I believe is currently lacking, > but would presumably eventually be supported. > > - Jon > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-devel-list mailing list > Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list _______________________________________________ Mono-devel-list mailing list Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list
