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authormarha <marha@users.sourceforge.net>2011-07-18 10:33:05 +0200
committermarha <marha@users.sourceforge.net>2011-07-18 10:33:05 +0200
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@@ -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)