Re: [vdr] Eggtimer-0.9.1 thread won't end

On 24 Mar 2006 Peter Juszack vdr@unterbrecher.de wrote:

Do I have to lock/unlock the cDevice when switching to a channel?

I don't know this specific plugin, but looking at the code sniplet:

void cEggtimerThread::Stop(void) { #ifdef DEBUG printf("cEggtimerThread::Stop\n" ); #endif running = false; Cancel(30); }

void cEggtimerThread::Action(void) {

[...]

                Stop(); // Stop eggtimer thread

I don't think that one should Cancel() (in this case via Stop()) a thread from inside the Action() function. This must lead to the observed dead-lock.

I guess you should set running=false and let the loop terminate itself (if needed you can break; out from the loop too). On exit from Action() the child thread is terminated.

Regards.