Re: gdb-6.6 mingw port hangs after Ctrl-C

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz at gnu dot org>]

> Cc: Roland.Puntaier@br-automation.com,  gdb@sourceware.org
> From: Jim Blandy <jimb@codesourcery.com>
> Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:46:58 -0700
> 
> >> The issue at hand here is that we need C-c to interrupt the main
> >> thread as it reads from the remote host.  That could be a pipe, a
> >> socket, or a serial port.
> >> 
> >> Do you know how one can safely interrupt each of these kinds of reads
> >> in Windows?
> >
> > What do you mean by ``safely interrupt''?
> 
> The main thread is in the midst of a 'read' or 'write' operation.  We
> want the thread handling the C-c to be able to make the main thread
> abandon that operation with a suitable indication of why.

Maybe I'm simply unaware of some subtle issues, but I don't know of
any situation where this cannot be done safely.  In particular, the
code I wrote for GNU Make works since the release of Make 3.81, and I
have yet to see any problems with interrupting a running Make, or hear
a single complaint or bug report related to C-c.