Re: [linux-audio-dev] deblocking snd_seq_event_input()

On Sun, 2005-05-08 at 11:37 +0200, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
> On Sun, May 08, 2005 at 08:22:24AM +0200, Jens M Andreasen wrote:
>
> > If so, then pthread_cancel() should work just fine together with the
> > workaround described under BUGS in man pthread_cancel.
>
> Using pthread_cancel() is exactly what I want to avoid at all cost.
> In my world, threads are both the thing managaed by the system +
> threads library, and a C++ object. If the thread is cancelled that
> can make it virtually impossible to cleanup the object in an orderly
> fashion. It may for example have to wait for a message confirming that
> others that depend on its existence know it's going to disappear, and
> are prepared for that. Also, the pthread itself is just a private
> implementation detail of the object and can not be accessed from
> the outside without breaking the abstraction.

Can't you use:

  void pthread_cleanup_push(void (*routine) (void *), void *arg);
  void pthread_cleanup_pop(int execute);

?

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