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List:       xine-devel
Subject:    Re: [xine-devel] xine lockups with ntpl
From:       Bastien Nocera <hadess () hadess ! net>
Date:       2003-03-06 18:31:17
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Heya Ewald,

On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 18:24, Ewald Snel wrote:
> Hi Bastien,
> 
> [...]
> 
> > Heya guys,
> >
> > As I don't know the xine engine enough to be able to fix that. This is
> > one of the first lockups one would get with xine-ui trying to play an
> > ogg file.
> >
> > NTPL shows quite a lot of bugs in programs not using threads and locks
> > carefully enough, apparently.
> >
> > Anybody has an idea ?
> 
> I have noticed this too after installing the latest Red Hat beta (Phoebe-3). 
> This seems to be caused by a bug in NPTL, where a condition broadcast is 
> lost. You can use the attached patch to be able to use (and improve :)) xine. 
> This should avoid at least the most common lockup in the xine library.

Right, I'll try this at work tomorrow and will keep the people here
updated. Some people will get slaps at the back of the head for that bug
;)

Cheers

-- 
Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>

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