Re: [Xenomai-core] [PATCH 6/6] Introduce IRQ latency benchmark

[Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>]

Jan Kiszka wrote:
 > > 
 > > Also note that calling printf from a signal handler risk deadlocking if
 > > the signal handler get called on the return path of the write call that
 > > take place in the middle of a printf call on the main thread.
 > > 
 > 
 > Ok, then we also need a fix for the latency test (this is where I
 > grabbed that pattern from). Is there a high risk that this locks up? I
 > wonder why I never observed or heard of problems with latency.

The mutex used by the stdio lib depends on the file descriptor, so, it
is possible to use a different file descriptor in the signal handler and
on the interrupted context.

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					    Gilles Chanteperdrix.