Re: [Help-smalltalk] Funny Delay timer bug with image suspend and resumption

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 09/22/2011 10:12 AM, Holger Hans Peter Freyther wrote:
> Okay, how to move forward then:
>
> a)
>
> we keep track of alarms and we expire them on image resume? this will probably
> require modifications to the image format? We use addDependent on Time to
> save/restore the millisecondsClockValue?

No modifications to the image, try the attached patch.

> b)
>
> We just let each Delay expire after a image restoration?

I'm not sure I like this.  Let the Delays expire in due time.

> different:
> Looking at the code, it appears that Process signal: atMilliseconds can only
> be used by one user on the VM?

Yes, the delay process multiplexes it.

Paolo

0001-improve-Delay-and-millisecondClock-behavior-across-i.patch
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