Re: [Gimp-developer] Simultaneous Multiprocessing and Multithreading in GIMP
Hi Liam, Thanks for the answer. On Sat, 26 Oct 2019 at 16:25, Liam R E Quin wrote: > On Sat, 2019-10-26 at 15:30 +0330, Ahmad Nouralizadeh via gimp- > developer-list wrote: > > AFAIK, using fork > > and multithreading is not recommended (e.g., look at the second > > answer here, Is it safe to fork from within a thread? > > It's “not recommended” in the same way that using a knife to cut your > meat is not recommended: you could hurt yourself. > > As you can see from that stackoverflow question, there can be problems > if you don't call exec() right away in the child process after a > fork(). Which GIMP does, avoiding the problems. > > This is why GIMP does not deadlock when you run a plugin. > > slave liam (ankh) > > > -- > Liam Quin - web slave for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ > with fabulous vintage art and fascinating texts to read. > Click here to have the slave beaten. > > ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
Re: [Gimp-developer] Simultaneous Multiprocessing and Multithreading in GIMP
On Sat, 2019-10-26 at 15:30 +0330, Ahmad Nouralizadeh via gimp- developer-list wrote: > AFAIK, using fork > and multithreading is not recommended (e.g., look at the second > answer here, Is it safe to fork from within a thread? It's “not recommended” in the same way that using a knife to cut your meat is not recommended: you could hurt yourself. As you can see from that stackoverflow question, there can be problems if you don't call exec() right away in the child process after a fork(). Which GIMP does, avoiding the problems. This is why GIMP does not deadlock when you run a plugin. slave liam (ankh) -- Liam Quin - web slave for https://www.fromoldbooks.org/ with fabulous vintage art and fascinating texts to read. Click here to have the slave beaten. ___ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address:gimp-developer-list@gnome.org List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
