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Re: [PATCH][PR guile/17247] Block SIGCHLD while initializing Guile
- From: Doug Evans <xdje42 at gmail dot com>
- To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>
- Cc: Ludovic CourtÃs <ludo at gnu dot org>, guile-devel <guile-devel at gnu dot org>, "gdb-patches at sourceware dot org" <gdb-patches at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 15:04:16 -0700
- Subject: Re: [PATCH][PR guile/17247] Block SIGCHLD while initializing Guile
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On Mon, Sep 1, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic CourtÃs)
>> Cc: gdb-patches@sourceware.org, guile-devel@gnu.org
>> Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 18:18:45 +0200
>>
>> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> skribis:
>>
>> > Perhaps we should request GC and Guile to provide capabilities to
>> > disable threads at run time, then.
>>
>> I donât think we need to go this far: reading the recent discussions, it
>> seems Doug found a way to make sure Guileâs and libgcâs internal threads
>> donât receive signals that GDB is interested in, which should be enough
>> for practical purposes.
>
> That's just the tip of an iceberg, I'm afraid.
In the interests of seeking clarification early and clearly, can you elaborate?
I'm not saying there aren't issues, I'm just wondering if you have
anything specific that you are thinking of.