Re: [Threads-devel] catching thread_interrupted

Subject: Re: [Threads-devel] catching thread_interrupted
From: Scott Bailey (Bailey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-02-09 16:11:40

Anthony,

Ticket 2309 already existed in Trac.  I updated it slightly and added my
patch.

See: https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2309#comment:3

Is this likely to be in 1.43?  What can I do to further help?

Thanks,
SB

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 1:02 AM, Anthony Williams <
anthony_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On 03/02/10 23:13, Scott Bailey wrote:
>
>> Here is the setup:
>>
>> MyCommon.so
>> - this lib contains some basic classes, one of which (baseTRx) has a
>> boost::thread.
>> - this lib includes boost_system and boost_thread using the
>> --whole-archive flag (linux) and equivalent for darwin and win
>>      - this was done to minimize the number of files the customer would
>> receive, among other reasons...
>> MyTRx.so
>> - this lib contains a class derived from baseTRx (myTRx).
>> - links to MyCommon
>> MyEXE
>> - this contains main.
>> - links to MyCommon
>> - loads MyTRx at run time.
>> - creates an instance od myTRx.
>> - signals MyEXE (via interupt()) when its time to cleanly shut down
>>
>> Using GCC 4.2 w/ -fvisibility=hidden, thread_interrupted isn't being
>> caught in myTRx since it's being thrown from a different so w/ hidden
>> visibility.
>>
>
> OK, makes sense.
>
>
>  The fix for this is:
>>     #define BOOST_THREAD_DECL __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
>> when gcc has visibility.
>>
>>
>> Am I correct?  If so, I'll write the defect and work on the patch....
>>
>
> If that works, write it up and I'll patch boost.thread
>
> Anthony
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