Date: Thu, 27 Dec 2001 13:52:21 -0600 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@mu.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: the condvar stuff. Message-ID: <20011227135221.F55891@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112271132560.84622-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>; from julian@elischer.org on Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 11:34:44AM -0800 References: <20011227131953.C55891@elvis.mu.org> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112271132560.84622-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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* Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> [011227 13:40] wrote:
>
> On cases with timeouts I'm accelerating the timelut.
> in _sig cases I'm similating a signal.
> if it's neither, I guess I'll just have to leave it.
> (the exit will never complete if the thread never leaves the CV.)
Please do not accelerate the timeouts. I can imagine someone
doing this:
error = tsleep(&req, TIMEOUT);
if (error == ETIMEOUT)
panic("lost req!");
For now just signal the process using a special signal number.
--
-Alfred Perlstein [alfred@freebsd.org]
'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology,"
start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.'
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