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From: Gilles Chanteperdrix <gilles.chanteperdrix@xenomai.org>
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Subject: Re: [Xenomai-help] Calling rt_task_shadow from a POSIX thread with
 --enable-dlopen-skins
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To: Simon Leonard <sleonard@domain.hid>
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Simon Leonard wrote:
> I have code based on the POSIX skin. For a (python related) reason, I 
> had to re-compile Xenomai with --enable-dlopen-skins. The result is that 
> unless I call rt_task_shadow, my threads don't work like they used to.

Mmmm. Normally, without --enable-dlopen-skins, only the main thread is
automatically made real-time.

> 
> Although I *think* my code works by mixing rt_task_shadow with the POSIX 
> skin I'm not convinced that it is legit. Can anybody advise?

It works, but, there are services in the POSIX skin which will only work
if the thread is a posix skin thread, not if it is a native skin thread.
Anyway, you can use pthread_setschedparam instead of rt_task_shadow.


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                                                                Gilles.