Re: Fwd: Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-14 Thread Dimitri Staessens
-) > > regards, > alexander. > > -Dimitri Staessens wrote: - > To: Alexander Terekhov > From: Dimitri Staessens > Date: 06/14/2017 01:20PM > Cc: austin-group-l@opengroup.org > Subject: Re: Fwd: Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base > Specif

Re: Fwd: Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-14 Thread Alexander Terekhov
Dimitri Staessens To: austin-group-l@opengroup.org Date: 14.06.2017 11:32 Subject:Fwd: Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc... The same document also states: Cancellation points are points inside of certain functions where a thre

Re: Fwd: Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-14 Thread Dimitri Staessens
t; From: Dimitri Staessens > To: austin-group-l@opengroup.org > Date:14.06.2017 11:32 > Subject:Fwd: Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base > Specifications Issue 7: Canc... >

Re: Fwd: Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-14 Thread Alexander Terekhov
ug report and I'll request explicit opposite change regarding "shall occur" list and "an event that a thread is waiting for has occurred". regards, alexander. From: Dimitri Staessens To: austin-group-l@opengroup.org Date: 14.06.2017 11:32 Subject:

Fwd: Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-14 Thread Dimitri Staessens
;yesterday' (e.g. absolutely expired timeouts) when a' blocking call' > does not really 'block' in a metaphysical sense and only reports an > occurrence of an event. > > regards, > alexander. > > > > From:Dimitri Staessens > To:

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-14 Thread Alexander Terekhov
rrence of an event. regards, alexander. From: Dimitri Staessens To: shwares...@aol.com, austin-group-l@opengroup.org Date: 14.06.2017 08:33 Subject: Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc... On 06/14/17 01:18, shwares...@aol.com wrote: While

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-13 Thread Dimitri Staessens
On 06/14/17 01:18, shwares...@aol.com wrote: > While that is the link for general consumption, it's also available at: > https://www.opengroup.org/austin/login.html > along with other versions and support documents. Thanks! > > As to the text, when a preemptive scheduler is being used there's a >

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-13 Thread SHwareSyst
While that is the link for general consumption, it's also available at: https://www.opengroup.org/austin/login.html along with other versions and support documents. As to the text, when a preemptive scheduler is being used there's a remote chance an interface can perform the cancellation check

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-13 Thread Dimitri Staessens
Can someone confirm that this is the correct full version of the specification to reference if I file a bug report? http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7582338/ On 06/13/17 18:05, Dimitri Staessens wrote: > > So apparently this change was somehow intended to allow the case. But > it is neverthele

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-13 Thread Dimitri Staessens
So apparently this change was somehow intended to allow the case. But it is nevertheless wrong since it contradicts the following statement: "For functions in the "shall occur" list, a cancellation check must be performed on every call regardless of whether, absent the cancellation, the call would

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-13 Thread Dimitri Staessens
Hi Geoff, Awesome service, thanks! Dimitri On 06/13/17 13:35, Geoff Clare wrote: > Dimitri Staessens wrote, on 12 Jun 2017: >> Is there a way for me to track down the people that are responsible for >> this adjustment in the specification so that they can comment on their >> intentions and moti

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-13 Thread Geoff Clare
Dimitri Staessens wrote, on 12 Jun 2017: > > Is there a way for me to track down the people that are responsible for > this adjustment in the specification so that they can comment on their > intentions and motivations for making it? https://collaboration.opengroup.org/austin/interps/documents/14

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-12 Thread Dimitri Staessens
d right to me. > > regards, > alexander. > > > > From:Dimitri Staessens > To:Alexander Terekhov , > austin-group-l@opengroup.org > Date: 12.06.2017 11:11 > Subject: Re: req

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-12 Thread Alexander Terekhov
@opengroup.org Date: 12.06.2017 11:11 Subject:Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc... Hi Alexander, thanks for your response. On 06/12/17 09:39, Alexander Terekhov wrote: Hi, > but return ETIMEDOUT and leave the cancellation state pending. so that

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-12 Thread Dimitri Staessens
see what is wrong here. > > regards, > alexander. > > > > From:Dimitri Staessens > To:shwares...@aol.com, austin-group-l@opengroup.org > Date:11.06.2017 09:08 > Subject:Re: request fo

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-12 Thread Alexander Terekhov
shwares...@aol.com, austin-group-l@opengroup.org Date: 11.06.2017 09:08 Subject:Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc... Hi, Thank you for your response. On 06/11/17 00:18, shwares...@aol.com wrote: I don't see the interface invoked to block

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-11 Thread Dimitri Staessens
Hi, Thank you for your response. On 06/11/17 00:18, shwares...@aol.com wrote: > I don't see the interface invoked to block the thread is allowed to > cancel the request completely, simply that the interface may return to > reduce serialization latencies for the 2 bullet point cases and the > canc

Re: request for clarification on Open Group Base Specifications Issue 7: Canc...

2017-06-10 Thread SHwareSyst
I don't see the interface invoked to block the thread is allowed to cancel the request completely, simply that the interface may return to reduce serialization latencies for the 2 bullet point cases and the cancellation honored at the next plausible point in the code path, in accordance with