Am 16.08.2011 23:13, schrieb Klaus Schmidinger: > On 16.08.2011 19:56, Udo Richter wrote: >> Am 16.08.2011 18:57, schrieb Klaus Schmidinger: >>> - cSkins::Message() now blocks calls from background threads (thanks to >>> Michael Eiler for reporting a crash in such a scenario). >> >> Unfortunately, this will break the osdserver-plugin, that does call >> these directly from the network interface thread - though not without >> first locking the main thread in a safe state. >> >> I'll see if I can work around this, or if I can come up with some other >> solution. > > Actually cSkins::QueueMessage() is supposed to be used for issuing > messages from a background thread. Sure, however QueueMessage does not wait and does not return an user key press. Osdserver exports all of the message functions, including QueueMessage. I'll probably solve this by a main thread callback, some other parts of OsdServer do this already. A solution / extension on VDR side would be to replace the 'main thread' concept with a 'big VDR lock': A global lock that the main thread releases just before sleeping, and re-locks after waking up. That way, any background thread could use that lock to trap the main thread safely, and use all of the not thread safe parts of VDR that previously were only safely available to the main thread. I think the kernel guys have a big lock they don't use any more, maybe we can get that one. ;) Cheers, Udo _______________________________________________ vdr mailing list vdr@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/vdr
