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Date: | Sat, 6 Aug 2005 09:16:15 +0200 (CEST) |
From: | Vaclav Haisman <V DOT Haisman AT sh DOT cvut DOT cz> |
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Subject: | Re: What is the point of create_thread_and_wait()? |
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Thanks, I thought there was something I was missing. VH On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Eric Blake wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > According to Vaclav Haisman on 8/5/2005 4:10 PM: > > What is the point of create_thread_and_wait() in fhandler_netdrive::exists()? > > Or anywhere at all? Why spawning a thread at all when we have to wait for the > > task to finish immediately after it is started? I really would like to know, > > even though it is probably just lack of knowledge on my side. > > Windows has the (nasty) habit of blocking EVERYTHING in the current > thread, including ctrl-c, when doing lengthy network tasks. Spawning the > blocking task to its own thread allows cygwin to still react to signals in > the primary thread. This threading code was added to fhandler_netdrive > due to complaints at the difficulty in stopping a runaway 'ls -F //' on > large domains when // was first made a directory; search the archives from > earlier this year for more details. > > - -- > Life is short - so eat dessert first! > > Eric Blake ebb9 AT byu DOT net > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (Cygwin) > Comment: Public key at home.comcast.net/~ericblake/eblake.gpg > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFC9CQr84KuGfSFAYARAumxAJ9RVgjCVEscsf9v+HHTc/n8BCkp9gCgtcA5 > kBIvfgmuBXAaLsc0ho/HK3k= > =mrcX > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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