Changeset 18617

Timestamp:

09/18/16 11:16:18 (8 years ago)

Author:

tbretz

Message:

This looks like a solution. I start a second detached thread which does nothing else than wait for the first to finish. In this way, it is joined and joinable returns 0 as soon as the thread has stopped execution.

File:

• trunk/FACT++/src/EventBuilderWrapper.h (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/FACT++/src/EventBuilderWrapper.h

@@ -352 +352 @@
     bool IsThreadRunning()
     {
-        if (fThreadMain.get_id()==boost::this_thread::get_id())
-            return true;
-        return !fThreadMain.timed_join(boost::posix_time::microseconds(0));
+        return fThreadMain.joinable();
     }
 
@@ -382 +380 @@
 
         fThreadMain = boost::thread(StartEvtBuild);
+
+        // Run a detached thread which ensures that our thread
+        // is joined so that it is not joinable anymore once
+        // it is finished (I think this is similar to
+        // boost::thread_guard, but I could not figure out
+        // how it works)
+        std::thread([this] { this->fThreadMain.join(); }).detach();
     }