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Re: [PATCH 1/3] usage: refactor die-recursion checks

From
Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
Date
Apr 16, 2013, 13:01 UTC
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<20130416130154.GA17976@sigill.intra.peff.net>
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On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 09:18:46AM +0200, Johannes Sixt wrote:
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> > Yeah, that seems sane; my biggest worry was that it would create
> > headaches for Windows folks, who would have to emulate pthread_key. But
> > it seems like we already added support in 9ba604a.
> 
> pthread_key is not a problem, but pthread_once is. It's certainly
> solvable, but do we really have to?

I'm not clear on what you are suggesting. That we protect only the main thread from recursion, or that we drop the check entirely? Or that we implement thread-local storage for this case without using pthread_once?

-Peff
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Message 11 of 23 in “avoid bogus "recursion detected in die handler" message”
  1. 0/3 avoid bogus "recursion detected in die handler" messageJeff King, Apr 15, 2013
  2. 1/3 usage: refactor die-recursion checksJeff King, Apr 15, 2013
  3. Eric SunshineApr 15, 2013
  4. Jeff KingApr 15, 2013
  5. Brandon CaseyApr 16, 2013
  6. Jeff KingApr 16, 2013
  7. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2013
  8. Brandon CaseyApr 16, 2013
  9. Jeff KingApr 16, 2013
  10. Johannes SixtApr 16, 2013
  11. Jeff KingApr 16, 2013
  12. Johannes SixtApr 16, 2013
  13. 0/2 avoid bogus "recursion detected in die handler" messageJeff King, Apr 16, 2013
  14. 1/2 usage: allow pluggable die-recursion checksJeff King, Apr 16, 2013
  15. 2/2 run-command: use thread-aware die_is_recursing routineJeff King, Apr 16, 2013
  16. Junio C HamanoApr 16, 2013
  17. Jonathan NiederApr 17, 2013
  18. Jeff KingApr 17, 2013
  19. Erik Faye-LundApr 23, 2013
  20. 2/3 run-command: factor out running_main_thread functionJeff King, Apr 15, 2013
  21. Jonathan NiederApr 16, 2013
  22. Jeff KingApr 16, 2013
  23. 3/3 usage: do not check die recursion outside main threadJeff King, Apr 15, 2013

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