From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "John Wiegley" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "concurrency" branch updated Date: Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:23:33 -0500 Organization: New Artisans LLC Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446495916 9004 80.91.229.3 (2 Nov 2015 20:25:16 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2015 20:25:16 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "emacs-devel@gnu.org discussions" To: Ken Raeburn Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 02 21:25:01 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtLek-00083m-AY for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 21:24:43 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44116 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtLej-0002Ba-Ik for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:24:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:43240) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtLee-0002BL-Bt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:24:37 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtLea-0001Hx-PZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:24:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-qg0-x232.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400d:c04::232]:33865) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZtLea-0001Hs-LQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 15:24:32 -0500 Original-Received: by qgem9 with SMTP id m9so125821681qge.1 for ; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:24:32 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date:organization:message-id :references:user-agent:mail-followup-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=ntx+eXozvhGHeJaAiISTuMM3mlZB2KvkpGcOOLth+d0=; b=ItPef89pGzf3n2iQPGsDYnJgIQL3pcDyPmVPfUcdtoJadHQZjPx7JFQcor3xtffMbk FkpOxm6PqsjG5gJ+n5iTLFw9GWMzZhHifnCf3tO53yIPdUULLsPnBLDFRKV3tu7d8QUZ PyF19NMX1raM1YTFmJcrM45NfaiG3N9/BD3RIgbm00LIcVATU4Jmm+4sJQOKDWXHWKjy 3+AAlkAu6wLsiYbO/A13OpImlAltv1GYbMst+QzmkGaF0Bgw1JfGz0Zm5cLCQaDJGBoa RskAG0t6ptAhNjjC5zhzZ+zEJrK0Scz0SRZDUF2jp0L6T2ag9KzMcRQJYoC0TcHUIEad d6Vg== X-Received: by 10.140.42.74 with SMTP id b68mr14903245qga.48.1446495872297; Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:24:32 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from Hermes-2.local ([192.54.222.4]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 65sm8464360qhf.4.2015.11.02.12.24.31 (version=TLSv1 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Mon, 02 Nov 2015 12:24:31 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by Hermes-2.local (Postfix, from userid 501) id 4BD63485DB54; Mon, 2 Nov 2015 15:24:34 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Ken Raeburn's message of "Sun, 1 Nov 2015 01:19:38 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.5 (darwin) Mail-Followup-To: Ken Raeburn , "emacs-devel\@gnu.org discussions" X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400d:c04::232 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:193117 Archived-At: >>>>> Ken Raeburn writes: > I=E2=80=99ve tried to get the concurrency branch updated with respect to = master, > including the handlerlist/catchlist merge and timerfd support. It seems to > be working okay, passing the tests Tom checked it for it, and correctly > running a few nice, simple tests that I tried. It also crashes on a > not-so-nice, simple test I tried, but the old version did too. :-) Hi Ken, I'm unfamiliar so far with the content of the concurrency branch, what chan= ges it makes, and the threading model it proposes. Could you please summarize = the state of the art for me, so that I know what this branch entails? Opening a general discussion about concurrency is something I'd like to do soon, but not until I better understand what has already taken place. Thank you, John