Re: [boost] [threadpool] new version v12

Subject: Re: [boost] [threadpool] new version v12
From: vicente.botet (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-04 10:33:51

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Giovanni Piero Deretta" <gpderetta_at_[hidden]>
To: <boost_at_[hidden]>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 4:21 PM
Subject: Re: [boost] [threadpool] new version v12

> Not really. Without compiler help (available on VC++ but not on GCC)
> there is no way out.
>
> See: 
> http://www.crystalclearsoftware.com/soc/coroutine/coroutine/coroutine_thread.html
>
> for an explaination of the problem.

The __thread bug on gcc with -o1 optimization is not enough convincing to 
me.
Some TSS usage could be more dangerous when the task migrate but not all. Is 
for this raison that the user must be able to forbid this migration, and 
otherwise use fibers/continuations specific data instead of thread specific 
data.

Of course the locking issue is a real problem. Is for this reason that I 
think that either for coroutines or fibers we need to explore different 
synchronization mechanisms and discourage the use of synchronization at the 
thread level.
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