Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] FIFOs vs. sockets
From: Ingo Oeser (ingo.oeser_AT_informatik.tu-chemnitz.de)
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 17:28:35 EEST
Hi there,
On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 08:33:41AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:
> probably depends on the thread library implementation. sigwait in
> linuxthreads is just a complete hack.
Yes, that's the problem. Esp. for a threaded environment, as
signals are a dark chapter in POSIX threading.
> i never tried rtsignals, but the first implementation of JACK tried to
> use signals for IPC, and i found it 3-5 times slower than using pipes.
Don't use signals together with threads, as the linux threading
libraries are not the only ones with bugs in this area.
So I can again confirm your experiences Paul.
Regards
Ingo Oeser
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