Re: [TCLCORE] TIP #435: Safe Mutex Disposal API

[Jan N. <jan...@gm...>]

2015-05-20 17:21 GMT+02:00 Jan Nijtmans <jan...@gm...>:
>> 2) The new routine should only be called when the mutex argument
>>     is locked.  How is it known in the AtForkChild() callback that
>>     this is the case?
>
> Because there's a Tcl_MutexLock/Tcl_MutexUnlock pair around
> the pthread_atfork() call, that's where the AtForkChild() callback
> is generated.

Thinking better: this is not true.....   The pthread_fork() call
result in the AtForkChild() call, but this call is external
from Tcl, in naviserver in this case. Maybe Gustaf can
answer this question better.

Regards,
        Jan Nijtmans