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

From: Martin Wille (mw8329_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-11-14 04:13:51

Anthony Williams wrote:
> 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.

This seems to work. I tried various settings of RLIMIT_NPOC and I was
unable to produce the assertion error.

Regards,
m