Re: Elisp native profiler

[Tomohiro Matsuyama]

> On 09/25/2012 10:28 AM, Stefan Monnier wrote:
> > while it runs non-trivial code, it doesn't make any
> > system-call or anything like that
> 
> But there are races if the SIGPROF handler runs in
> some other thread, no?  That bug could be worked around
> by using thread-specific timers (which are available
> in recent GNU/Linux but not older versions or in other
> POSIXish platforms). More portably, albeit more slowly,
> the SIGPROF handler could use deliver_process_signal,
> like the other handlers of process signals.
OK, I'll use thread-specific timers in recent GNU/Linux systems and use 
deliver_process_signal for older systems.

    Tomohiro