Thanks. Sounds like the intention is that it's thread-safe but you found a bug.
Can you recall the Bug ID? I can't find anything that matches your description. Kevin. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Diego Billi" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 10:14 AM To: "Kevin Miles" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Are python bindings thread safe? > Kevin Miles ha scritto: >> Are the python bindings for net-snmp thread safe, for versions 1 & 2c? > > I'm using python binding inside a H24 multi-threaded application (>200 > threads) > and everything is working fine. I'm using version 1 and 2c. > I tested SNMP version 3 too, but not so deeply. > > So, YES, in theory. > > Practically speaking, there are few points inside the bindings code > where low level error handling is > still performed with not-threadsafe API (i notified the problem, but > nobody correted the code, mah!). > > Sometimes when the application is performing a snmp walk and receives > SIGTERM, SIGINTR, > or other signals (which could interrupt a system call), it could crash > with a core dump. > > Up to now, i fixed with an auto-respawn solution. > > This is my exerience. > > >> >> My guess would be "yes", but the README for the bindings doesn't say >> either way. The net-snmp FAQ gives guidelines for using the library in a >> thread-safe way, but nowhere can I find an indication of whether the >> python bindings adhere to these guidelines. >> >> Apologies if this is this has been asked before - the archive Search >> facility gives me a 403 at the moment. >> >> Thanks, >> Kevin. >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America >> contest >> Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and >> Canada >> $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in >> marketing >> Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> Net-snmp-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list [email protected] Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
