add a workaround to ensure that the filepush thread take notice of the

stop thread signal even when no syscall is in progress

3 files changed, 13 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/base/filepush.cpp b/lib/base/filepush.cpp
index 554c7845..8424ae41 100644
--- a/lib/base/filepush.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/filepush.cpp
@@ -176,7 +176,15 @@ void eFilePushThread::stop()
 		return;
 
 	m_stop = 1;
-	sendSignal(SIGUSR1);
+
+	// fixmee.. here we need a better solution to ensure
+	// that the thread context take notice of the signal
+	// even when no syscall is in progress
+	while(!sendSignal(SIGUSR1))
+	{
+		eDebug("send SIGUSR1 to thread context");
+		usleep(5000); // wait msek
+	}
 	kill();
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/base/thread.cpp b/lib/base/thread.cpp
index 5353707d..9878856e 100644
--- a/lib/base/thread.cpp
+++ b/lib/base/thread.cpp
@@ -96,12 +96,13 @@ int eThread::sync(void)
 	return res; /* 0: thread is guaranteed not to run. 1: state unknown. */
 }
 
-void eThread::sendSignal(int sig)
+int eThread::sendSignal(int sig)
 {
 	if (m_alive)
-		pthread_kill(the_thread, sig);
+		return pthread_kill(the_thread, sig);
 	else
 		eDebug("send signal to non running thread");
+	return -1;
 }
 
 void eThread::kill(bool sendcancel)
diff --git a/lib/base/thread.h b/lib/base/thread.h
index 819c51fe..12c5b25c 100644
--- a/lib/base/thread.h
+++ b/lib/base/thread.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
 		/* result: 0 - thread is not alive
 		           1 - thread state unknown */
 	int sync();
-	void sendSignal(int sig);
+	int sendSignal(int sig);
 
 		/* join the thread, i.e. busywait until thread has finnished. */
 	void kill(bool sendcancel=false);