From aa488a963eaef5cfff2b1b1290e1e17e0ce34b9c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: rswindell <>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 17:25:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Fixed output_sem re-initialization bug that caused segfaults
in Linux and *may* have been a cause of occasional output blocks in Win32.
---
src/sbbs3/main.cpp | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
index 69714e9132..293bdc8486 100644
--- a/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
+++ b/src/sbbs3/main.cpp
@@ -873,7 +873,11 @@ void output_thread(void* arg)
avail=buftop-bufbot;
if(!avail) {
+/**
+ This caused occasional segfaults on Linux and *could* have been the cause
+ of blocked output on Win32 (what was I thinking?)
sem_init(&sbbs->output_sem,0,0);
+**/
sem_wait(&sbbs->output_sem);
continue;
}
@@ -1737,7 +1741,7 @@ bool sbbs_t::init()
#ifdef _WIN32
output_sem=CreateEvent(
NULL // pointer to security attributes
- ,true // flag for manual-reset event
+ ,false // flag for manual-reset event
,false // flag for initial state
,NULL // pointer to event-object name
);
--
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