VM (callback+variables) changes
Andreas Raab
andreas.raab at gmx.de
Mon Jun 12 20:36:57 UTC 2006
Hi Rob -
Good to hear it works. There are two things that bothers me slightly and
I'd like to get some feedback from someone who's been in that area
before: First, the callback identifier. While it seems a good safeguard
at first it gets into ones way pretty quickly (like in the example
plugin where the absence of callback-id management makes it impossible
to have more than one callback). So... do you think it's worthwhile to
keep it and force people to go through the hoops of maintaining it?
Second, I'm somewhat unhappy about the management of the suspended
processs. I am wondering if we shouldn't use a semaphore in the
splObjects for this purpose and link/unlink properly. This has the
disadvantage that some image-side changes are required but it might be
worth it for better house-keeping.
Comments welcome!
- Andreas
Rob Gayvert wrote:
> Andreas,
>
> This looks great. I tried this out with a fresh 3.9-7033 image and
> latest Win32 VM source, and your example worked as advertised. It also
> works fine as a replacement for my wxSqueak setjmp/longjmp calls, and
> removes the need for an extra semaphore on the calling process. Thanks!
>
> .. Rob
>
>
> Andreas Raab wrote:
>> Hi Folks -
>>
>> Attached my proposed changes for both, the variable tracking as well
>> as the callback support. I'll respond in the individual threads about
>> more specific issues; let's leave this one to discuss the more
>> "mechanical" issues if there are any. Included files:
>>
>> - ExtraGCRoots.cs: The change set for tracking variables in plugins
>> - Callbacks.cs: The change set for VM callback support
>> - ExampleCallbacks.cs: An example plugin making use of both of the
>> above features
>> - sqVirtualMachine[.h|.c]: The (updated) VM proxy
>>
>> If you install all of the above and build a complete VM you should be
>> able to execute the ExampleCallbackPlugin's exampleCallback and
>> successfully compute 3+4 using a callback.
>>
>> Let me know if you have any problems.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> - Andreas
>>
>>
>
>
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