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Posted to dev@httpd.apache.org by Dean Gaudet <dg...@arctic.org> on 1999/11/01 17:20:03 UTC

Re: ap_block_alarms still necessary?

no MPM should need ap_block_alarms.  for example, an architecture could
enable an alarm just before doing a network read/write and disable it
afterwards.

Dean

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Roy T. Fielding wrote:

> >There are still scattered references to ap_block_alarms. Are any of
> >them still needed? The two threaded Unix MPMs don't need them at all.
> 
> A better question is: do any of the MPMs need them?  If any do, then
> they can't be taken out, or at least need to be replaced by portable
> critical sections.
> 
> I don't know if they do or not.
> 
> ....Roy
>