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Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 07:17:57 -0400
From: "Geir Magnusson Jr." <geir@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: [drlvm] problem when TM patch applied
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Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
> Artem Aliev wrote:
>> Gier,
>>
>> The DRLVM uses SIGUSR2 in thread suspend algorithm.
>> hysock_select() returns EINTR error when the signal appears, and
>> Socket.accept() throws exception.
>>
>> The New ThreadManager use thread_suspend() more extensively ( in lock
>> reservation algorithm). So the problem appears more frequently.
> 
> Excellent - I knew there had to be an explanation as to why the same 
> symptom appears so much faster...
> 
>>
>> Following patch to hysock.c fixes the problem in hysock.
>> Probably classlib experts could provide better way to fix this problem.
>>
> 
> This seems wrong - that we're going to make it everyone else's problem 
> because we're using SIGUSR2.  Is there a way to setup a handler such 
> that select() (and other things scattered about, including user native 
> code) don't have to worry about this?

Well, a quick read of Stevens says "apparently not" :)  It's been about 
8 years since I did this kind of thing in anger.

I suspect Dalibor has a suggestion here because of Kaffe :)

geir


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