GNU bug report logs - #33018
26.1.50; thread starvation with async processes and accept-process-output

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Message #17 received at 33018 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, 33018 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33018: 26.1.50;
 thread starvation with async processes and accept-process-output
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 14:49:25 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> If you want a process to communicate in a given thread, you must call
>> `set-process-thread'. See the elisp manual.
>
> But the default is that the process is locked to the thread that
> created it, so it sounds like this should have just worked (if that is
> the problem).

I'm not sure. In the branch feature/tramp-thread-safe there were also
mysterious blockings in accept-process-output, until I've applied
set-process-thread explicitly.

At least it is worth a try.

Best regards, Michael.

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