Zdenek Pavlas added the comment: > for example, if you call malloc() from within a signal handler, you can get a > deadlock or a crash if the signal was received while the process was in the > middle of an malloc() call.
Thanks, I see the problem. malloc() implements locking (when threads are enabled), but does not mask signals. When re-entered, this deadlocks. ---------- status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue16560> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
