Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2001 13:14:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com> To: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie> Cc: Michael Robinson <robinson@netrinsics.com>, hackers@freebsd.org, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: _sigprocmask in malloc.c causes full file table? Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.1010812130919.16081A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20010812165829.A16568@salmon.maths.tcd.ie>
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On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, David Malone wrote: > On Sun, Aug 12, 2001 at 10:29:53AM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: > > sigprocmask() behaves the same as pthread_sigmask(). pthread_sigmask() > > needs to obtain the current thread. In obtaining the current thread, > > the threads library must be initialized. In initializing the threads > > library malloc() is called. Wash, rinse, repeat. > > Could this be the source of Mike's original problem with X? Maybe > something that X is calling from a signal handler is resulting in > the initialising of the threads library and then ends up calling > malloc? I don't think so. It's hard to imagine how you would install a signal handler without having the threads library initialized first (sigaction is wrapped and initializes the threads library if it hasn't been already). -- Dan Eischen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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