Hi,
I'm in the process of securing the PL/Java signal handling routines.
Since a multi-threaded JVM is running and a signal can occur at any time
in any thread, I need to trap some of them and make sure that they are
executed in the main thread. Using Posix signals, this is easy. Here's a
sample handler:
static void pljavaStatementCancelHandler(int signum)
{
if(pthread_self() == mainThread)
/*
* Call original handler
*/
StatementCancelHandler(signum);
else
/*
* Dispatch to main thread.
*/
pthread_kill(mainThread, signum); /* Send it to main thread */
}
The mainThread was initialized when the handler was first registered.
From looking at the PostgreSQL signal handling routines for Win32, I
realize that several threads are involved already. Perhaps all signals
are indeed dispatched to the main thread already? I couldn't really
figure it out. I need help from someone who knows more about this.
Regards,
Thomas Hallgren
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