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Re: object file memory

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Bill M <wpmccormick@just_about_everywhere.com> writes:

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> So I've re-written my client application to something I think is more
> manageable, but I'm still having some trouble. It seems that global
> variables declared with __thread are not keeping their values. I have
> something that looks like this:
>
> *** client.c ***
> static __thread COMM_STATE comm_state;
> static __thread int sockfd;
> static __thread struct sockaddr_in their_addr;
>
> static int connect(SERVER server)
> {
>   if(comm_state == CONNECTED) return ALREADY_CONNECTED;
>   ...
>   sockfd = socket( ... );
>   ...
>   connect(sockfd, ...
>
> }
>
> int client_write(SERVER server, char* buffer)
> {
>   for(;;) {
>     if((connect(server)) != ALREADY_CONNECTED)
>       continue;
>
>     if((comm_send(buffer)) != SUCCESS)
>       continue;
>
>     //now get a reply here
>     ...
>   }
> }
>
> *** client_app.c ***
> extern int client_write(SERVER server, char* buffer) ;
>
> So I think you get the idea, and my question is this:
>
> Should globals in client.c be persistent from one client_write call to
> the next for each thread in client_app.c that calls client_write?

Yes. Otherwise, there would be little point in having thread-local
variables. I've used them myself quite a couple of times without
problems.

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    Re: object file memory Bill M <wpmccormick@just_about_everywhere.com> - 2012-02-07 08:23 -0600
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