Its needed as you user could call for example Channel.write(…) from the application thread which may be different then the EventLoop.
> On 4 Jan 2017, at 10:59, [email protected] wrote: > > when using EventLoop, why do we need to check if we are in event loop ? > isn't the calling thread is the worker thread dedicated for that channel > and that event loop , whoever it will be ? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Netty discussions" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/netty/0d4d0714-1aa1-4f97-843c-45690581dd61%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/netty/0d4d0714-1aa1-4f97-843c-45690581dd61%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Netty discussions" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/netty/AFA7FC85-AE71-4591-A877-24818C06B418%40googlemail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
