bugfix: very long running actions could prevent shutdown under some circumstances

This has now been solved, at least for common situations.

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/threads.c b/threads.c
index d4e14527..fcafce4b 100644
--- a/threads.c
+++ b/threads.c
@@ -101,12 +101,14 @@ thrdTerminateNonCancel(thrdInfo_t *pThis)
 	do {
 		d_pthread_mutex_lock(&pThis->mutThrd);
 		pthread_kill(pThis->thrdID, SIGTTIN);
-		timeoutComp(&tTimeout, 10); /* a fixed 10ms timeout, do after lock (may take long!) */
+		timeoutComp(&tTimeout, 1000); /* a fixed 1sec timeout */
 		ret = d_pthread_cond_timedwait(&pThis->condThrdTerm, &pThis->mutThrd, &tTimeout);
 		d_pthread_mutex_unlock(&pThis->mutThrd);
 		if(Debug) {
 			if(ret == ETIMEDOUT) {
-				dbgprintf("input thread term: had a timeout waiting on thread termination\n");
+				dbgprintf("input thread term: timeout expired waiting on thread termination - canceling\n");
+				pthread_cancel(pThis->thrdID);
+				pThis->bIsActive = 0;
 			} else if(ret == 0) {
 				dbgprintf("input thread term: thread returned normally and is terminated\n");
 			} else {