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Date:      Sun, 7 Jun 1998 09:16:32 +1000 (EST)
From:      John Birrell  <jb@cimlogic.com.au>
To:        hasty@rah.star-gate.com (Amancio Hasty)
Cc:        jb@cimlogic.com.au, nirva@ishiboo.com, rhh@ct.picker.com, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Remote device multiplexing
Message-ID:  <199806062316.JAA02930@cimlogic.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <199806062308.QAA11624@rah.star-gate.com> from Amancio Hasty at "Jun 6, 98 04:08:58 pm"

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Amancio Hasty wrote:
> My take is that our pthread package can not handle recursive
> pthread exits. I tried getting around this by adding a 
> an exit_flag to the thread structure and fixing the access lock
> on the key table by relesing the lock before calling
> the destructor however we get stuck somewhere else now:

I think that the destructor needs to be called with the key entry
unlocked (as you mentioned in mail yesterday). I am seeing this
problem in one of my other tests - at least that's what I think it
is.

> I think is easier if the ACE group prevents the stupid recursive exit
> call.

I disagree. I think it is the only mechanism they have available to them
other than "rm -rf $ACE_ROOT". 8-)

Best not to send them mail just yet.

-- 
John Birrell - jb@cimlogic.com.au; jb@freebsd.org http://www.cimlogic.com.au/
CIMlogic Pty Ltd, GPO Box 117A, Melbourne Vic 3001, Australia +61 418 353 137

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