[Mono-list] Re: From a signal to a ThreadAbort

[Barry James]

Thanks - that will work fine.

On 5/7/06, Robert Jordan <robertj at gmx.net> wrote:
>
> Barry James wrote:
> > What's the recommended way to get a Unix signal to trigger a ThreadAbort
> > in a particular thread?  The documentation says only variables can be
> set
> > during the execution of a signal handler.  Is a call to Thread.Abortsafe?
>
> It's not safe. Set up a thread that polls the variable every x msecs
> and react upon the variable's value. Assure, that the signal handler's
> method is already JITed (simply call it once) before it gets invoked
> as a true signal handler.
>
> Here is a good sample:
>
> http://svn.myrealbox.com/viewcvs/trunk/mcs/tools/mono-service/
>
> Robert
>
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