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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Disk hangs creating file in new threadRe: Disk hangs creating file in new thread
From: TP Diffenbach <rockbox_at_diffenbach.org>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 02:19:50 -0400 Quoting TP Diffenbach <rockbox_at_diffenbach.org>: > > I've writen a thread to do some simple monitoring; one of the first things it > does > is create a file. > > Well, it tries to: when it creates the file, the drive light comes on and stays > on > until the unit is hard re-booted. > > Can anyone explain what I'm doing wrong, please? > > Incidently, what happens if a thread function returns, because it's done > doing > whatever it does, or because it can't do what it does? Is this ok? > > Here's the (relevant) code: > > static void myThread( void ) { > > sleep( 60 * HZ ) ; > > /* make sure we can create the file */ > ok = ( fd = creat( "/p.log", O_WRONLY ) ) != -1 ; > > if( ok ) { > close( fd ) ; > } The problem appears to have been insufficient stack space. I'd been using DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE. The problem goes away when I use 20 * DEFAULT_STACK_SIZE. This might be something to add to the developer documentation. -- Archos FM has a Rockbox!Received on 2003-08-11 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |