I have a Node ObjectWrap subclass object that handles a uv_async_send from a thread I don't control (from a key-value store library I'm using that can trigger an event at any time). I would like to make sure that if uv_async_send is triggered from this other thread, I can call Ref() on my ObjectWrap so that its v8 object doesn't get GC'ed before the async fires on the main loop.
So far the only way I've gotten things to work is to call Ref() in the constructor of the ObjectWrap, but that means that it never gets GC'ed. I'd prefer that it get GC'ed as normal, except when an event has come in and triggered a uv_async_send that hasn't yet been processed on the v8 main loop. It seems that I keep running into a race condition between somehow getting the main loop to call Ref() and hoping the GC doesn't fire before that and delete the v8 object and thus my ObjectWrap. Am I correct in assuming that Ref() must be called from the main loop? -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/35beb9be-7a51-41a9-9c44-7d6ca5d80933%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
