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On Mon, Aug 16, 1999 at 07:16:54PM +0200, Pascal Vittone wrote: >I am used to work with Solaris' POSIX threads. I tried to use CYGWIN's >threads but I had a lot of problem. So, I read the code. And I think >there is some problems: when a process receives a signal, all the >threads go out of the blocking calls; an exited thread can be chosen to >process a signal; pthread_sigmask modifies process's signal mask; >signals associated to exceptions are not always processed by the >generating thread; ... That sounds correct. The current signal mechanism is not completely correct in its signal delivery. >Is my analysis correct? Are these problems known? Are some of them >features? Do you provide a description of your thread support >implementation? Is someone currently working on threads >implementation? Should I try to correct myself these problems? No one is working on threads, AFAIK. John Fortin has submitted some patches but I don't know if he is actively working on this. The only information available regarding pthreads is in the winsup directory. -chris
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