Re: [Boost-users] [Thread] Timed join returning true before thread terminated

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Thread] Timed join returning true before thread terminated
From: Vicente J. Botet Escriba (vicente.botet_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-03-16 13:33:10

Le 16/03/12 09:51, Anthony Williams a écrit :
> On 15/03/12 22:44, Vicente J. Botet Escriba wrote:
>> I agree that disabling interrupts is the correct way to avoid new
>> interruptions. But you need to clear them before.
>
> Disabling interrupts doesn't stop the flag being set, it just stops 
> the interruption points acting on it. There is thus no need to clear 
> the flag. If you want to call code with an interruption point without 
> being interrupted, disable interruptions. Whether or not the flag is 
> set beforehand, or set during the call is now irrelevant. It may or 
> may not be set at the end of the block either way.
>
Thanks for the correction.
Vicente