Re: [TCLCORE] TIP #458: Add Support for epoll() and kqueue() in the Notifier

[Lucio A. I. A. <l.i...@gm...>]

On 27.11.2016 23:48, Jeff Rogers wrote:
> pthread_kill sounds troubling .. synchronization issues, cancellation points, bla.
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> Can't you use the same model of using a trigger pipe to do the inter-thread notification, but with each thread having its own trigger pipe?  That is, when the trigger pipe is written to, the select/poll/epoll/kqueue wakes up, and can then check the condition variable.  As was suggested earlier, it means an extra 2 fds per thread, but that's much less of an issue since you're not limited to 1024 fds.
Great idea! Pushed to master.