Subject: Re: [boost] [thread] [rfc] patch to change condition_variable and mutex error checks
From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-30 16:51:21
Brett Lentz wrote:
> Patch is attached.
>
> I'd like to get some comments about this patch. Does it seem
> reasonable enough to accept? Is there a better way to handle it?
>
> BOOST_VERIFY aborts on EINTR, but EINTR is usually not fatal, it just
> means you need to try later.
You've attached the wrong patch. Anyway, POSIX specifically forbids pthread
functions from returning EINTR.