Subj : Re: pthread_getspecific or __thread for signal handler?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Wed Feb 02 2005 12:32 pm


Ian Pilcher wrote:
[...]
> Can you suggest any way to access thread-specific data in a signal
> handler?

Ensure that your signal handler(s) can't interrupt any async-signal-
UNsafe operation. Better yet, get rid of the whole damn async-signal 
handling thing altogether.

regards,
alexander.

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