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Date:      Thu, 27 Jul 2000 14:08:43 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        =?Windows-1252?Q?Nicolas_L=E9onard?= <nicolas.leonard@animaths.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: kevent()/kqueue() in a multithreaded environment
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0007271246160.56534-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <011b01bff6d4$778dbae0$0f0210ac@masa.com>

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On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, [Windows-1252] Nicolas Léonard wrote:

> I'm trying to use the new kqueue()/kevent() syscalls in the last 
> snapshot of FreeBSD 5.0.
> It works perfectly, except when I'm trying to use it in a multi-
> threaded program.
> The call of kevent() by my network thread blocks the other thread.
> 
> I look in the libc_r sources and I found that this syscall isn't 
> already wrapped.
> 
> Does anybody know if there is a patch or another tips to make it 
> work ?

You normally wouldn't mix kqueue and threads; you'd use kqueue to
*implement* threads. :-)

AFAIK kqueue hasn't been made threadsafe, you'll have to bug
jlemon@freebsd.org about it. Patches gladly accepted :)

Doug White                    |  FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu     |  www.FreeBSD.org



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