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Remove use of `scm_i_thread_put_to_sleep ()' in the string code.

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* libguile/strings.c (scm_i_string_writable_chars): Remove use of
  `scm_i_thread_put_to_sleep ()'.  This leaves a race condition,
  which is hopefully not harmful.
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Ludovic Courtès 2008-09-17 20:41:41 +02:00
parent 8b039053b8
commit 902578f15a
1 changed files with 9 additions and 5 deletions
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@ -325,8 +325,7 @@ scm_i_string_writable_chars (SCM orig_str)
scm_i_pthread_mutex_lock (&stringbuf_write_mutex);
if (STRINGBUF_SHARED (buf))
{
/* Clone stringbuf. For this, we put all threads to sleep.
*/
/* Clone stringbuf. */
size_t len = STRING_LENGTH (str);
SCM new_buf;
@ -337,11 +336,16 @@ scm_i_string_writable_chars (SCM orig_str)
memcpy (STRINGBUF_CHARS (new_buf),
STRINGBUF_CHARS (buf) + STRING_START (str), len);
scm_i_thread_put_to_sleep ();
SET_STRING_STRINGBUF (str, new_buf);
start -= STRING_START (str);
/* FIXME: The following operations are not atomic, so other threads
looking at STR may see an inconsistent state. Nevertheless it can't
hurt much since (i) accessing STR while it is being mutated can't
yield a crash, and (ii) concurrent accesses to STR should be
protected by a mutex at the application level. The latter may not
apply when STR != ORIG_STR, though. */
SET_STRING_START (str, 0);
scm_i_thread_wake_up ();
SET_STRING_STRINGBUF (str, new_buf);
buf = new_buf;