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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Asynchronous DNS
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:22:29 +1100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lh71nriy.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83k2mlyet8.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Wed, 03 Feb 2016 17:49:23 +0200")

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> If we introduce such a thread, its code needs to be carefully audited
> for the above-mentioned gotchas.  E.g., passing to it a C pointer to a
> contents of a Lisp string is probably unsafe.  It's not rocket science
> to DTRT in this case (we already do that quite a lot on MS-Windows),
> it just requires very careful programming and code review.

Sure.  But I think that for the getaddrinfo_a thing, it really is that
simple.  Everything is allocated and freed in the main thread, the
address lookup doesn't need to access anything Lispy, etc.  (This is how
the structure of the getaddrinfo_a library already works.)

>> Ok, but it's a problem when debugging in gdb, and not a problem for an
>> Emacs running without gdb?
>
> Only for the former, AFAIK.  GDB is complaining about a data structure
> it builds, not about something the executable does.

I see.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no



  reply	other threads:[~2016-02-04  2:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 190+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-01-23 13:50 Asynchronous DNS Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-23 14:56 ` Elias Mårtenson
2016-01-24 21:17   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-25  8:58     ` Elias Mårtenson
2016-01-25 15:51       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-25 17:15         ` Elias Mårtenson
2016-01-25 17:26           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-23 21:42 ` Paul Eggert
2016-01-24 13:53   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-24 14:01     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-24 14:14       ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-24 19:58         ` Paul Eggert
2016-01-24  4:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-24 13:56   ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-24 17:16     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-25  2:06       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-01-26 19:48 ` John Wiegley
2016-01-26 22:05 ` Florian Weimer
2016-01-30  0:11 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-30  2:39   ` Alex Dunn
2016-01-30  2:58     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-30  4:11       ` Alex Dunn
2016-01-30  4:34         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-01  3:55           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-30  7:23   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-30  7:46     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-30  8:46       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-01-30 22:46         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-31  6:12       ` Ken Raeburn
2016-02-01  2:46         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-01-31 14:03   ` Andy Moreton
2016-02-01  2:08     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-01  2:36       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-01 18:51         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-02  1:15           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-02  3:38             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-02  3:48               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-02 13:25                 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-02-02 16:24                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-02 17:11                     ` Stefan Monnier
2016-02-02 16:12                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-03  0:42                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-03 15:49                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-04  2:22                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2016-02-04  8:18                         ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-04  8:55                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-04 10:13                             ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-05  2:08                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-05  7:19                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-05  7:32                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-13 23:47                                     ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-14  2:22                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-14 11:19                                         ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-14 16:40                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-16 21:37                                             ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-20  1:28                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-20 17:55                                                 ` Paul Eggert
2016-02-20 20:18                                                   ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-20 20:33                                                     ` Paul Eggert
2016-02-21 10:29                                                       ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-26 23:54                                                         ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2016-02-27  3:57                                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-27  9:22                                                             ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-28  4:43                                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-28  9:44                                                                 ` Andreas Schwab
2016-02-29  2:59                                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-29  3:30                                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-29  8:41                                                                       ` Andreas Schwab
2016-02-20 19:31                                                 ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-20 19:57                                                   ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-21  2:36                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-21  3:03                                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-21 18:55                                                         ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-21 20:23                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-22  2:15                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-22  3:39                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-22  4:03                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-22  5:45                                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-22  2:07                                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-24  6:26                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-24  6:29                                                               ` Paul Eggert
2016-02-24  6:52                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-24  8:27                                                               ` John Wiegley
2016-02-21 19:35                                                         ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-22  2:01                                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-20 10:57                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-16  2:09                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-05  9:37                                   ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-04 16:30                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-05  2:31                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-05  7:20                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-03  2:49                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-02  6:41             ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-02  7:06               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-02  7:49                 ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-02 21:27                   ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-03  0:22                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-03 10:22                     ` Yuri Khan
2016-02-04  0:18                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-01 11:58       ` Andy Moreton
2016-02-01 19:10         ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-01 22:18           ` Andy Moreton
2016-02-02  1:54         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-02  2:05           ` YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu
2016-02-02  2:18             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-02  3:42           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-03  0:50             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-03  2:43               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-03 15:50               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-04  2:25                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-04 16:31                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-05  2:32                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-05  7:21                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-05  7:33                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-06  7:49                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-06  8:19                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-07  0:34                               ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-07  1:38                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-07 11:41                                   ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-07 19:16                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-07 20:24                                       ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-08  1:55                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-08  3:40                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-08  7:40                                       ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-08  7:52                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-08  8:10                                           ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-09  0:37                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-09  9:02                                               ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-09 13:46                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-09 17:00                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-09 20:43                                                   ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-09 20:48                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-09 23:22                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-10 10:39                                                       ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-12  2:15                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-12 10:12                                                           ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-13  4:04                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-13 10:16                                                               ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-14  2:20                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-14  5:56                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-14  7:01                                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-14 13:56                                                                       ` Stefan Monnier
2016-02-15  0:19                                                                         ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-15  4:22                                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-14 16:32                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-15  0:14                                                                         ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-15  3:41                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-15  4:30                                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-15  0:02                                                                       ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-15  4:39                                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-15  6:14                                                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-15  6:25                                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-15 10:55                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-15 12:01                                                                               ` Andreas Schwab
2016-02-15 13:50                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-16  2:26                                                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-15 10:50                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-15 11:06                                                                             ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-15 13:49                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-15 15:04                                                                                 ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-15 16:40                                                                                   ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-16  2:13                                                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-16  6:48                                                                                       ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-15 18:13                                                                           ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-12 10:35                                                           ` Andreas Schwab
2016-02-12 11:37                                                             ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-08 18:11                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-09  0:47                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-09 16:56                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-08 10:43                                       ` Andreas Schwab
2016-02-08 11:55                                         ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-08 12:55                                           ` Andreas Schwab
2016-02-08 14:25                                             ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-08 14:31                                               ` Andreas Schwab
2016-02-09  0:40                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-09  9:15                                                   ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-09  9:35                                                     ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-07 15:55                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-07 17:45                                   ` Alain Schneble
2016-02-08  2:03                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-08 15:56                                     ` John Wiegley
2016-02-08 20:30                                       ` Rasmus
2016-02-09  0:34                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-08 18:22                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-07  1:35                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-07 16:07                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-08  2:05                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-02-08 18:20                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2016-02-07 17:27                             ` John Wiegley
2016-02-08  1:26                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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