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Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe?

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On 11/21/11 08:56 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
> Ian Collins<ian-news@hotmail.com>  writes:
>
> Thank you.
>
>> On 11/21/11 04:29 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
>>> Or, to be a little bit more explicit, is there anything I can use
>>> for safe argument passing to newly created threads without
>>> allocating new memory and (presumably) have the threads free it?
>>
>> I can't see any problem with
>>
>> static int something_on_my_stack = 42;
>
> Unfortunately, the numbers are retrieved in a loop.  To be extra ex-
> plicit, file descriptors from accept(), pipe() and friends.  I can't
> see any way that does not involve either 1) memory allocation/freeing
> or 2) synchronization.  Both seem unnecessary code bloat for such a
> simple task.

Dynamic allocation is the idiomatic solution for any non-trivial 
situation.  Sometimes extra complexity is unavoidable.

-- 
Ian Collins

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Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@2ndquadrant.com> - 2011-11-21 03:29 +0000
  Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-21 20:00 +1300
    Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? Marcel Müller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.com> - 2011-11-21 08:48 +0100
    Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@2ndquadrant.com> - 2011-11-21 07:56 +0000
      Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2011-11-21 21:01 +1300
      Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> - 2011-11-21 12:06 -0800
        Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@2ndquadrant.com> - 2011-11-21 20:30 +0000
          Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? Casper H.S. Dik <Casper.Dik@OrSPaMcle.COM> - 2011-11-21 23:07 +0000
            Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@2ndquadrant.com> - 2011-11-22 05:31 +0000
            Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? blmblm@myrealbox.com <blmblm.myrealbox@gmail.com> - 2011-11-25 17:49 +0000
          Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> - 2011-11-23 12:53 -0800
  Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2011-11-21 02:28 -0600
  Re: Is pthread_create( id, 0, f, &something_on_my_stack ); safe? "Ersek, Laszlo" <lacos@caesar.elte.hu> - 2011-11-22 21:06 +0100

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