Re: [PATCH] http.c: clear the 'finished' member once we are done with it

From: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>
Date: May 24, 2022, 10:57 UTC
Message-ID: <nycvar.QRO.7.76.6.2205241253270.352@tvgsbejvaqbjf.bet>
In-Reply-To: <q274s3nn-pp38-4sn-53ro-o2q63447r341@unkk.fr>

Hi Daniel,

On Tue, 24 May 2022, Daniel Stenberg wrote:

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> On Mon, 23 May 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>
> > > It calls into cURL, which I suspect has a multi-threaded mode of
> > > operation,
> >
> > https://curl.se/libcurl/c/threadsafe.html ;-)
> >
> > My understanding is that what we have is pretty much select() driven
> > single-threaded multi-fd transfer.
>
> Confirmed. libcurl *can* use threads (if built that way), but the only use it
> has for such subthreads is for resolving host names. libcurl, its API and its
> callbacks etc always operate in the same single thread.

Great, thanks for clarifying!

Ciao, Dscho

P.S.: I'm enjoying your book, Uncurled. It feels great to see validation in some experiences (I'm a youngster compared to you, maintaining Open Source software only since 2001 or so, but still), and to get a fresh and inspiring perspective on others.