Re: bug? sv_wait() and gcc3

[Steve Lord <lord@xxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 17:48, Kelledin wrote:
> Further details:
> 
> I investigated sv_wait, and it seems that function/macro is 
> intended to deliberately schedule a non-interruptible deadlock 
> for as long as the platform will allow (MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT).  
> That's a pretty long time in jiffies--and on platforms where 
> long ints are 64 bits (like Alpha), it's an outrageously long 
> time.

This is intended to be a wait without a timeout, not a very long
timeout. sv_wait is being used to block one thread pending a
signal from another thread.

Steve