[PATCH] for Review: SelectorImpl.wakeup() + Synchronization

[Michael Koch]

On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 10:46:20AM -0600, Mohan Embar wrote:
> Hi Michael,
> 
> >Please read the documentation of AbstractSelector.end() and you will
> >see. I think the same applies to AbstractInterruptableChannel.end().
> 
> >They throw exceptions if the select (or another blocking IO operation)
> >was interrupted somehow.
> 
> Nope. AbstractSelector.end() doesn't throw any exceptions. Selector.select()
> shouldn't throw exceptions with thread interruption.

Damn, only AbstractInterruptibleChannel.end() throws this exceptions.

> Reading the JavaDoc, I think I see how they want us to implement interruption,
> but I think they way we've implemented interruptible I/O on POSIX and Win32
> precludes us from doing this and forces us to do the inverse: that wakeup()
> uses Thread.interrupt() under the covers.

I think I need to dig into chaos some time soon.


Michael