On Thu, 2 Nov 2017 14:57:12 +0200 Koos Zevenhoven <k7ho...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Now, is the "sequentially consistent" ordering on is_tripped sufficient > > to guarantee that signals won't be missed on a weak-ordering platform? > > I *think* so, but an expert would need to check that code (or we > > cross our fingers and wait for a hypothetical bug report). > > > > > I think the question is: Do we know for sure that is_tripped has been > stored using sequentially consistent ordering prior to the call to > PyErr_CheckSignals(), even if an interruptible syscall is involved?
Yes, it is. See trip_signal() in Modules/signalmodule.c Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list Python-ideas@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-ideas Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
