Re: [boost] [thread] Fails on 64-bit Linux?

From: Anthony Williams (anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-13 07:07:48

Anthony Williams <anthony_w.geo_at_[hidden]> writes:

> In the barrier test, for example, if the test can't launch enough threads, the
> already-launched threads will be waiting on the barrier. The test thread will
> then abort, destroying the barrier, whilst still having threads waiting. This
> is a bug in the test: the existing threads should be interrupted and joined
> under such circumstances.

Martin, could you check the attached version of test_barrier.cpp in your
environment: it should gracefully interrupt all threads on an exception, and
thus avoid the assertion failure.

Thanks,

Anthony
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