[Asterisk-Dev] no mutex_assert call ?

[Olle E Johansson]

Kevin P. Fleming wrote:
> Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> 
>> BTW do you know, by chance, how to make "static" symbols be
>> visible to the backtrace_symbols() call so we can try to
>> get more detailed logs at runtime ?
> 
> 
> No, I don't know how that call works, sorry.
> 
>> Also speaking of threads, is there any docs around to get a rough idea
>> of which threads are created and what do they do ? (e.g. timer
>> handling, etc ?)
>> i remember you mentioned some slides you presented at astricon or
>> some other conference but i cannot recall the url if it was
>> posted at all
> 
> 
> There are no such documents that I'm aware of; each module is free to 
> create its own threads as it sees fit, so documenting that (and keeping 
> it up to date) would be a bit of a pain :-)
> 
> Usually, it's just easier to search for the pthread_create calls in the 
> source code <G>

...or start documenting it in doxygen-like fashion, so that all of us 
don't have to duplicate the effort.

Can someone explain the core threading?

One thread for them all, one thread to shine a light on each call.

/O ;-)