Having a problem with some code here :)

Lazarus 1.9.0 r55266M FPC 3.1.1 x86_64-linux-gtk2

I create a thread every second to run a process (TAsyncprocess), then FreeAndNil the process once done.

My app aborts regularly (though intermittently) with the following from gdb.

My question is about the fact of 'appprocessmessages' being in the fault path.

Is this normal for a threaded call to TAsyncProc, or have I introduced my own fault ?.

I dont have any main thread/gui accessing calls from within my created thread.

Thread 1 "LxAazCMA" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007fffef6eddb4 in REMOVEEVENTHANDLER (this=0xf9efb8, AHANDLER=0x0) at gtk2/gtk2lclintf.inc:1355
1355 if lEventHandler^.PrevHandler = nil then

(gdb) bt
#0 0x00007fffef6eddb4 in REMOVEEVENTHANDLER (this=0xf9efb8, AHANDLER=0x0) at gtk2/gtk2lclintf.inc:1355
#1 0x00007fffef6ee022 in REMOVEPIPEEVENTHANDLER (this=0xf9efb8, AHANDLER=0x0) at gtk2/gtk2lclintf.inc:1429
#2 0x00007fffef7af46d in REMOVEPIPEEVENTHANDLER (AHANDLER=0x0) at include/lclintf.inc:424
#3 0x00007fffef9beeba in UNHOOKPIPEHANDLE (this=0x7fffd4013608) at asyncprocess.pp:84
#4 0x00007fffef9beee5 in HANDLEPIPEINPUT (this=0x7fffd4013608, ADATA=0, AREASONS=...) at asyncprocess.pp:90
#5 0x00007fffef6edfe2 in HANDLEPIPEEVENT (this=0xf9efb8, ADATA=140736750234040, AFLAGS=17)
at gtk2/gtk2lclintf.inc:1421
#6 0x00007fffef6edc5d in WAITHANDLE_IOCALLBACK (SOURCE=0x7fffd4028570, CONDITION=17, DATA=0x7fffd40128d8)
at gtk2/gtk2lclintf.inc:1318
#7 0x00007ffff664004a in g_main_context_dispatch () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#8 0x00007ffff66403f0 in ?? () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0 #9 0x00007ffff664049c in g_main_context_iteration () from /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libglib-2.0.so.0
#10 0x000000000054d9c9 in APPPROCESSMESSAGES (this=0xe9bcb8) at gtk2/gtk2widgetset.inc:2338
#11 0x000000000045a27d in HANDLEMESSAGE (this=0xe99908) at include/application.inc:1276
#12 0x000000000045a7af in RUNLOOP (this=0xe99908) at include/application.inc:1413
#13 0x00000000006a0673 in APPRUN (this=0xe9bcb8, ALOOP=...) at include/interfacebase.inc:54
#14 0x000000000045a74f in RUN (this=0xe99908) at
include/application.inc:1401
#15 0x000000000041ea25 in main () at LynxApp.lpr:82 (gdb)

Thanks - SteveG

If you are using threads, then why use TAsyncProcess? TAsyncProcess was invented as a non blocking TProcess for the main thread.
Probably it can be made thread safe for the gtk2 interface, but if you already use threads, then you can simply use TProcess or TProcessUTF8 with less overhead.

Mattias

Steve Gatenby wrote

I create a thread every second to run a process (TAsyncprocess), then FreeAndNil the process once done.

Would it not be more appropriate to use a thread pool and keep the threads up, waiting for a TEvent telling them what to do ?

-Michael

Thanks Mattias - I will change to TProcess and see how it goes.

I have been meaning to do so, and now seems a good time to refactor it all. I will add this to using TProcess on Mattias's suggestion

Thank you