Re: [xml] xmlParseFile crashes with segmentation fault in Multithreaded Application

[Kasimier Buchcik <kbuchcik 4commerce de>]

Hi,

On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 01:20 -0700, Manoj Kumar wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>  
> we have a multithreaded application. When we try call the xmlParseFile
> function from the subthreads the call fails with segmentation fault.
> However the call succeeds if done from the main thread. 
>  
> Can anybody help us around this problem and tell us how to and what
> are the things to be followed when using xml in multithreaded
> applications

Do you use xmlCleanupParser() in the thread's code? If yes, then
try to search for this function in the archives (e.g. [1]). It's
intended to be called only once in the main thread.

[1] http://mail.gnome.org/archives/xml/2003-September/msg00241.html

Regards,

Kasimier