Re: Core dumps in redisplay.

[Jan D.]

> "Jan D." <address@hidden> writes:
>
> > > This sounds like normally only the main thread should ever be 
> > > touching
> > > interrupt_input_blocked, unless we have a bug.  Correct?  So we need
> > > not think about how to synchronize accesses to the variable, but
> > > rather make sure that no thread except the main thread will ever run
> > > code touching it.  Correct?
> > >
> > > A use of BLOCK_INPUT or UNBLOCK_INPUT outside of the main thread is a
> > > bug.  Correct?
> >
> > Yes times three.
>
> xmalloc uses BLOCK_INPUT.  BLOCK_INPUT is rather often used in alloc.c.

Yes, there is a check for main thread there also, see macros 
(UN)BLOCK_INPUT_ALLOC.

        Jan D.