Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] delete_head_blocking()

[Bastian Bloessl]

On 06/28/2013 11:21 AM, Martin Braun (CEL) wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 10:48:09AM +0200, Bastian Bloessl wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 06/28/2013 08:57 AM, Martin Braun (CEL) wrote:
> > > Synopsis: Don't block in work() => don't use this call.
> > > Perhaps it makes sense to register a message handler (think of it as a
> > > work function for a specific message).
> >
> > Even if the only input of the block is a message port?
>
> In that case, there is no reason to block anyway. If you have two
> message ports as input, blocking might even cause a deadlock.

so it is the intended behavior that the work function is called all over 
the time (and immediately returns)? I just checked for the pdu to tagged 
stream block and its called ~500k times per second.