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Re: AW: AW: AW: RFC: POSIX timers and threads in a realtime context
- From: Joseph Myers <joseph at codesourcery dot com>
- To: "Warlich, Christof" <christof dot warlich at siemens dot com>
- Cc: Rich Felker <dalias at libc dot org>, Zack Weinberg <zackw at panix dot com>, "libc-alpha at sourceware dot org" <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>, "Sudler, Simon" <simon dot sudler at siemens dot com>, "Hartmann, Wolfgang" <wolfgang dot hartmann at siemens dot com>
- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 15:02:42 +0000
- Subject: Re: AW: AW: AW: RFC: POSIX timers and threads in a realtime context
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On Wed, 7 Oct 2015, Warlich, Christof wrote:
> Joseph Myers wrote:
> > Losing the context is kind of the point.
> >
> > (a) Adding a new function requires more careful consideration than adding
> > a new constant for an existing function; it must be maximally clear to
> > readers of libc-alpha if a new function is being proposed.
>
> Ok, but isn't adding a constant (i.e. SIGEV_PTHREAD_ID) the favorable
> path to go anyway?
I don't think such a conclusion can reasonably be read from the discussion
so far. There is no sort of consensus yet; people are still exploring the
problem space and the space of possible solutions and their advantages and
disadvantages.
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Joseph S. Myers
joseph@codesourcery.com