Re: pthreads and Performer

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Phil Keslin (philk++at++cthulhu.engr.sgi.com)
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 14:17:20 -0700

Anthony Bavuso wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> Is IRIX Performer compatible with pthreads? More specifically does
> Performer use sprocs?

There are instances where Performer will use sproc, most notable being pfQueue.
Objects of this type are used primarily for ASD (I believe) and clipmap paging.

> I know that pthreads and sprocs can not both live in the same process space
> so if Performer uses sprocs then it is incompatible with pthreads.

Only if your application uses either of the above facilities.

> I ask this because I have tried to compile a program using both Performer
> and pthreads and the -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L compiler flag required by
> posix threads causes linker errors.

The pthread/sproc incompatibility does not manifest itself through linker errors
so this is another problem entirely.

- Phil

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Phil Keslin <philk++at++engr.sgi.com>

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