Subj : Re: pthread_getspecific or __thread for signal handler?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Ian Pilcher
Date : Tue Feb 01 2005 11:46 am

Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> 
> Should work? Not if allocation of __thread storage is done lazy 
> and in async-signal-UNsafe manner.
> 
> Next comes "violation" of C/POSIX restriction imposed on accesses 
> within async-signal handlers (only assignments to static volatile
> sig_atomic_t are allowed).
> 

Alexander,

Can you suggest any way to access thread-specific data in a signal
handler?

Thanks!

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