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Re: [0/7] RFC: read DWARF psymtabs in the background
>>>>> "Mark" == Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl> writes:
Tom> I realize that threads are unpopular in many quarters, so this is an RFC.
Mark> Sorry, but this is pretty much a no-go for OpenBSD. We have a
Mark> userland threads implementation that puts file descriptors in
Mark> non-blocking mode such that it can switch to another thread if I/O to
Mark> that filedescriptor would block. This has side effects if these file
Mark> descriptors are shared with child processes :(.
If that is your only objection, it is no trouble to disable this code on
a per-host basis. All that is missing for that is some of the
configury; all the code is designed to allow single-threaded operation.
Tom