Re: [Boost-users] [thread] Segfault constructing a thread

From: Digvijoy Chatterjee (digvijoy.c_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-04-27 21:31:04

On 4/27/07, Ken Klose <ken.klose_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>
> I've got a singleton object that is trying to run its operator() method in
> a
> separate thread, but I'm getting a segfault when I construct the thread
> object:
>
> PublishedListener::PublishedListener(string directory)
> {
>     _thread = new thread(*this);   // segfault here
> }
>
> PublishedListener.h:
> class PublishedListener
> {
> public:
>     static PublishedListener &getInstance();
>     void run();
>     void operator()();
>     boost::filesystem::path getItemDirectory();
>     virtual ~PublishedListener();
> private:
>     PublishedListener(std::string directory);
>     static PublishedListener *_instance;
>     boost::thread *_thread;
>     boost::filesystem::path *itemDirectory;
> };
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
Are you sure the implementation of operator()() isnt seg faulting, the
thread should be able to invoke it properly and i dont see any reason for
the thread instantiation to segfault..
HTH
Digz