Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 16:58:29 +0100 From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> To: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> Cc: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com>, hackers@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: _sigprocmask in malloc.c causes full file table? Message-ID: <20010812165829.A16568@salmon.maths.tcd.ie> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010812101250.25909A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>; from eischen@vigrid.com on Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 10:29:53AM -0400 References: <20010812214608.A2701@elephant.netrinsics.com> <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010812101250.25909A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
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On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 10:29:53AM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: > sigprocmask() behaves the same as pthread_sigmask(). pthread_sigmask() > needs to obtain the current thread. In obtaining the current thread, > the threads library must be initialized. In initializing the threads > library malloc() is called. Wash, rinse, repeat. Could this be the source of Mike's original problem with X? Maybe something that X is calling from a signal handler is resulting in the initialising of the threads library and then ends up calling malloc? David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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