Method createCkptThread

src/threadlist.cpp:207–232

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void
ThreadList::createCkptThread()
{
  sem_init(&sem_launch, 0, 0);
  sem_init(&semNotifyCkptThread, 0, 0);
  sem_init(&semWaitForCkptThreadSignal, 0, 0);

  SigInfo::setupCkptSigHandler(&stopthisthread);

  originalstartup = true;
  pthread_t checkpointhreadid;

  /* Spawn off a thread that will perform the checkpoints from time to time */
  JASSERT(pthread_create(&checkpointhreadid, NULL, checkpointhread, NULL) == 0);

  /* Stop until checkpoint thread has finished initializing.
   * Some programs (like gcl) implement their own glibc functions in
   * a non-thread-safe manner.  In case we're using non-thread-safe glibc,
   * don't run the checkpoint thread and user thread at the same time.
   */
  errno = 0;
  while (-1 == sem_wait(&sem_launch) && errno == EINTR) {
    errno = 0;
  }
  sem_destroy(&sem_launch);
}

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