From 6e5a07ed1c4f89959b7bad398e5ae652318f28ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rswindell <>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 02:30:57 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added YIELD() to input_thread_mutex lock/unlock loop in
input_thread(), required on some Linux distros to allow other threads to be
able to lock the mutex.
---
src/sbbs3/main.cpp | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
index c727d0af92..0f1e28a0dd 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
@@ -1206,8 +1206,10 @@ void input_thread(void *arg)
if((i=select(high_socket+1,&socket_set,NULL,NULL,&tv))<1) {
if(pthread_mutex_unlock(&sbbs->input_thread_mutex)!=0)
sbbs->errormsg(WHERE,ERR_UNLOCK,"input_thread_mutex",0);
- if(i==0)
- continue;
+ if(i==0) {
+ YIELD(); /* This kludge is necessary on some Linux distros */
+ continue; /* to allow other threads to lock the input_thread_mutex */
+ }
if(sbbs->client_socket==INVALID_SOCKET)
break;
--
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