On [19991004 13:04], Daniel Eischen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>> Do you mean pthreads?
>>
>> If so, we still do not have a pthread_cancel in our libc_r which could
>> greatly make things harder to implement. I think OpenBSD has one and we
>> might do well to look at that one.
>
>We could implement pthread_cancel rather easily (I have some crufty
>patches lying around somewhere to do it), but it wouldn't be nearly
>POSIX compliant. Some non-cancellable routines would be cancellable,
>and vice-versa I think too.
We need to make a start somewhere, since no pthread_cancel makes us even
less compliant =P
>We need to take a different approach to our threads library in the
>form of scheduler activations. I _can_ hack in the pthread_cancel
>routines into our current libc_r, but I'd much rather spend my
>time looking into scheduler activations which will better solve
>the problem.
I neither have the docs, experience nor time to be of any help save that
I can try patches/compilations for you.
I found these people in reference to libc_r whom could prove helpful or
insightful for your endeavours:
John Birrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Peter Dufault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Good luck.
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