From: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: why "in_sighandler"?
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:32:30 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <44E999CE.3080403@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <wlzmdypisl.wl%mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>
YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu skrev:
>
> The standard says "when a signal interrupts an unsafe function ...".
> My interpretation is that a signal interrupts *only* the function in
> execution on the thread that the signal is delivered to, but the
> signal does not interrupt the functions in execution on the other
> threads.
>
A signal interrupts all threads on a uni-processor machine. The fact that the
signal is delivered to just one thread is another matter. Also, it has more
to do with reentrance of the function in question rather than which threads
are executing what.
Jan D.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-21 11:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-20 6:51 why "in_sighandler"? Stefan Monnier
2006-08-20 16:37 ` Jan D.
2006-08-20 18:22 ` Stefan Monnier
2006-08-21 0:08 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2006-08-21 6:18 ` Jan Djärv
2006-08-21 6:44 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2006-08-21 7:19 ` Jan Djärv
2006-08-21 8:13 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2006-08-21 8:46 ` Jan Djärv
2006-08-21 8:58 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2006-08-21 11:32 ` Jan Djärv [this message]
2006-08-22 0:22 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2006-08-22 6:38 ` Jan Djärv
2006-08-22 7:39 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2006-08-22 8:23 ` Jan Djärv
2006-08-22 8:34 ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2006-08-22 18:00 ` Jan Djärv
2006-08-22 9:43 ` Andreas Schwab
2006-08-21 11:13 ` Richard Stallman
2006-08-21 12:55 ` Jan Djärv
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