ttabi@interactivesi.com said:
> What is wrong with sleep_on()?
Are you asking me? If so, why did I not receive a copy in my inbox? If I
want to filter duplicates locally, I can. I don't.
It's almost impossible to use it safely, and the few ways you _can_ use it
safely are frowned upon, because they mostly involve using the BKL, usage of
which is slowly being phased out in favour of finer-grained locking.
This kind of code is far too common:
if (!event) {
/* BUT WHAT IF THE EVENT ARRIVES _NOW_? */
sleep_on(&event_wait);
}
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