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Re: Multiple threads fixes, nogc fix
- To: Bryce McKinlay <bryce at albatross dot co dot nz>
- Subject: Re: Multiple threads fixes, nogc fix
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Date: 31 Dec 2000 12:56:41 -0700
- Cc: java-patches at sources dot redhat dot com, hans_boehm at hp dot com
- References: <3A4DD0D6.9A03FC6B@albatross.co.nz>
- Reply-To: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Bryce" == Bryce McKinlay <bryce@albatross.co.nz> writes:
Bryce> These patches fix several long-standing and nasty threads problems:
Thanks Bryce.
Bryce> 1. We never detached dead threads. This meant that native
Bryce> thread resources were leaked, which under linux meant that only
Bryce> ~1020 threads could ever be created during the lifetime of a
Bryce> java process. Oops ;-)
I think the original plan was to use pthread_join to implement
Thread.join, but when it turned out not to be possible I never went
back and fixed things up.
Tom