Subj : Re: pthread_mutex_lock throws an exception on receiving signal 15
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Casper H.S. Dik
Date : Thu Sep 22 2005 09:18 am

Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov-nsp@charter.net> writes:

>None of the pthread_* functions are in that list, and the result
>of calling any of them in async-signal context is undefined: your
>program may appear to work, or it may crash, or hang, or it may
>melt your CPU.

Actually, usually this works fine until you ship the code to
a customer, it's then certain to fail.

Casper
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