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Merging pthreads with X Windows
Posted on 1997-10-21
I am currently developing a multi-threaded C++ apllication on a HP workstation (HP-UX 10.20). The application contains a series of X windows (X11R5) that have been developed using UIM/X. The application receives input data from a variety of external sources. The input is received on a combination of CORBA interfaces, TCP/IP sockets and one serial port. I have set up threads to process the input data, but that data needs to be displayed in the applications windows. Since X11R5 is not thread-safe (and the possibility of being able to upgrade to X11R6 is very unlikely), I need to find a reliable, safe way of getting the application's input data from the various threads that process it into the main "default" thread that contains the X event main loop.
It has been suggested to me that I read the input data into a buffer and then use XSendEvent to generate a X event to pass a pointer to that buffer to a event handler routine for display processing. However, XSendEvent requires a display pointer and window ID, and some of my input will be requests to create a window that does not yet exist. Therefore, I may not always have a window ID to target the X event to.
Another suggestion has been to use UNIX pipes or TCP/IP sockets to pass the pointers to a callback routine to do the display processing. However, I am very unfamiliar with both pipes and sockets, and I am very concerned about error handling and error recovery (i.e. how do I receover if a pipe is broken?).
Therefore, what I am looking for is some information about the benefits and pitfalls of each of these approaches, as well as any suggestions and/or examples of other approaches that I may have not considered.
It has been suggested to me that I read the input data into a buffer and then use XSendEvent to generate a X event to pass a pointer to that buffer to a event handler routine for display processing. However, XSendEvent requires a display pointer and window ID, and some of my input will be requests to create a window that does not yet exist. Therefore, I may not always have a window ID to target the X event to.
Another suggestion has been to use UNIX pipes or TCP/IP sockets to pass the pointers to a callback routine to do the display processing. However, I am very unfamiliar with both pipes and sockets, and I am very concerned about error handling and error recovery (i.e. how do I receover if a pipe is broken?).
Therefore, what I am looking for is some information about the benefits and pitfalls of each of these approaches, as well as any suggestions and/or examples of other approaches that I may have not considered.
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The first suggestion is the best. Since all threads can share global memory, just place the display pointer and window id into globals, if they don't exist yet (you'll need to initialize them to NULL) then put your data into another global area and have your X initializer code check it to display the latest data. You'll have to semaphore the global area to make your app thread safe.
Another consideration you might look into is running the X application as a separate process and let the globals reside in shared memory (shmget, etc.) so you don't have to worry about thread safety on the X side.
Another consideration you might look into is running the X application as a separate process and let the globals reside in shared memory (shmget, etc.) so you don't have to worry about thread safety on the X side.
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