Re: Threaded Gtk2->main causing seg fault

[Kevin Leung <xhidem yahoo com hk>]

Ross McFarland wrote:
> as of right now this issue is on the todo list for 1.06x, but in the end there
> may not be a workable solution.

I am glad to hear that it is on the todo list.

> the main problem is the only hook with which
> we have to work is CLONE. and the problem with CLONE is that it's called on a
> per package basis rather than per object. that's going to require us to do one
> of two things: keep a list of all objects around so that when we enter the pkg
> CLONE we can go through that list doing whatever ends up being necessary.

I think this solution is good.


> basically if you can't make due with things like thread_usage.pl or use
> fork/plug/socket then you'll have to wait for or fix the issues. 

fork() won't work because it lacks of shared memory.
Instead of waiting, I think I will do it in C, for now. ;-)

> i'll look into it some more again now, but i'm not promissing
> anything. there may be some fundamental problems lurking around.

Thanks everyone for taking the time to deal with this nasty problem.


Kevin Leung