Re: [Threads-devel] catching thread_interrupted

Subject: Re: [Threads-devel] catching thread_interrupted
From: Scott Bailey (Bailey_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-18 12:07:21

Anthony,

What can I do to get 2309 closed?   (
https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2309 )

Thanks,
SB

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 2:11 PM, Scott Bailey <Bailey_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> 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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>
>
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> Scott Bailey
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