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bug#9216: Signal handling and pthreads
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#9216: Signal handling and pthreads |
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Date: |
Tue, 02 Aug 2011 09:00:41 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
> The usage of threads within libraries is an internal matter, so I think
> Emacs should be prepared for threads always when <pthread.h> is available.
That's also my impression.
> Are you thinking of sigwait? Other than sigwait, there is no way to "set up
> our signal handlers so we don't need this", where this ==
> SIGNAL_THREAD_CHECK.
I was afraid so.
> SIGNAL_THREAD_CHECK is not unreliable. It does not drop signals delivered
> to the wrong thread, it forwards them to the main thread.
Indeed, I had misread the code.
Stefan