door_xcreate - extended door creation interface for private doors [PSARC/2009/554 FastTrack timeout 10/20/2009]

James Carlson carlsonj at workingcode.com
Tue Oct 13 04:58:37 PDT 2009


Darren J Moffat wrote:
 	 o This interface allows the appointment of a door server thread
> 	   creation function on a per-door basis, something that
> 	   is not possible with the existing door_create(3C) and
> 	   door_server_create(3C) interfaces.  This facility is the
> 	   primary reason for the introduction of this interface - without
> 	   it the use of door servers in general-purpose system libraries
> 	   is problematic since the thread creation function is shared
> 	   with the application which may itself offer a door server.

This hints at it, but could you provide a more concrete usage case?  I
assume there's a consumer waiting for this, and details about the usage
may be interesting.

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James Carlson         42.703N 71.076W         <carlsonj at workingcode.com>


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