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| author | marha <marha@users.sourceforge.net> | 2011-07-18 10:33:05 +0200 |
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| committer | marha <marha@users.sourceforge.net> | 2011-07-18 10:33:05 +0200 |
| commit | 88101146f2ec7d53ffb793e365f05097ffd35fd3 (patch) | |
| tree | db77eef572a00c62c8d9485c4786f682e20a2fd0 /pthreads/README | |
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diff --git a/pthreads/README b/pthreads/README index 564933302..545360bfa 100644 --- a/pthreads/README +++ b/pthreads/README @@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ MSVC or GNU C (MinGW32 MSys development kit) To build from source. QueueUserAPCEx by Panagiotis E. Hadjidoukas + To support any thread cancelation in C++ library builds or + to support cancelation of blocked threads in any build. + This library is not required otherwise. + For true async cancelation of threads (including blocked threads). This is a DLL and Windows driver that provides pre-emptive APC by forcing threads into an alertable state when the APC is queued. @@ -47,6 +51,10 @@ QueueUserAPCEx by Panagiotis E. Hadjidoukas are runnable. The simulated async cancellation cannot cancel blocked threads. + [FOR SECURITY] To be found Quserex.dll MUST be installed in the + Windows System Folder. This is not an unreasonable constraint given a + driver must also be installed and loaded at system startup. + Library naming -------------- @@ -79,8 +87,8 @@ can differentiate between binary incompatible versions of the libs and dlls. In general: - pthread[VG]{SE,CE,C}c.dll - pthread[VG]{SE,CE,C}c.lib + pthread[VG]{SE,CE,C}[c].dll + pthread[VG]{SE,CE,C}[c].lib where: [VG] indicates the compiler @@ -94,7 +102,7 @@ where: c - DLL compatibility number indicating ABI and API compatibility with applications built against - any snapshot with the same compatibility number. + a snapshot with the same compatibility number. See 'Version numbering' below. The name may also be suffixed by a 'd' to indicate a debugging version @@ -102,7 +110,7 @@ of the library. E.g. pthreadVC2d.lib. Debugging versions contain additional information for debugging (symbols etc) and are often not optimised in any way (compiled with optimisation turned off). -For example: +Examples: pthreadVSE.dll (MSVC/SEH) pthreadGCE.dll (GNUC/C++ EH) pthreadGC.dll (GNUC/not dependent on exceptions) |