* [Caml-list] Finalizers and threads
@ 2003-12-12 15:58 Markus Mottl
2003-12-16 23:05 ` Damien Doligez
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From: Markus Mottl @ 2003-12-12 15:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: OCaml
Hi,
I'd like to know whether it is safe to use "enter_blocking_section"
in finalization functions (C) to allow execution of other threads when
some operation there (e.g. shutting down some TCP/IP-connection) may
block for some time.
Regards,
Markus
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* Re: [Caml-list] Finalizers and threads
2003-12-12 15:58 [Caml-list] Finalizers and threads Markus Mottl
@ 2003-12-16 23:05 ` Damien Doligez
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From: Damien Doligez @ 2003-12-16 23:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: OCaml
On Friday, December 12, 2003, at 04:58 PM, Markus Mottl wrote:
> I'd like to know whether it is safe to use "enter_blocking_section"
> in finalization functions (C) to allow execution of other threads when
> some operation there (e.g. shutting down some TCP/IP-connection) may
> block for some time.
It is not safe. The finalization function is called right in the
middle of the GC, and executing some ML code at that point, even in
another thread, is going to result in a disaster.
I guess you should defer the blocking operations by pushing them into
a queue, and perform them after the GC is done (or in another thread).
Note that the contents of the finalized block itself is destroyed as
soon as your finalization function returns, so you should make a copy
of the data you need.
-- Damien
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