[zeromq-dev] zloop_timer() does not fire if added after zloop_start()...

[Andy Ballingall TF]

Hi Pieter,

> Good catch. How are you adding/removing timers if not in a handler,
> though? As handlers are all finished before the next poll starts, this
> should work.

I was only adding the timer from within the handler which was called
as a result of the reactor receiving a message. I've just put the old
method back in place, and here's the result of verbose mode:

12-12-27 13:42:29 I: zloop: cancel timer
12-12-27 13:42:29 I: zloop: register timer delay=3000 times=1
12-12-27 13:42:29 I: zloop: polling for 3600000 msec
12-12-27 13:42:29 I: zloop: call PAIR socket handler (0x7fbb440008c0, 0)
12-12-27 13:42:30 I: zloop: cancel timer
12-12-27 13:42:30 I: zloop: register timer delay=6000 times=1
12-12-27 13:42:30 I: zloop: polling for 3600000 msec

Note how my timer registration succeeds, but the polling seems to
ignore it? I've just been through the code to see whether I could
inadvertently have been calling something from another thread, but I'm
pretty sure I'm not. However, let me see if I can create a test
program which exhibits this behaviour...

Andy


I've got a client and server.

1) client sets up a reactor with no timers.
2) client says hello to the server and a handler deals with the reply.
3) client does some work, and at a time of its choosing sends some
data to the server
4) server responds, and tells the client to send certain data to it
within X seconds
5) client adds a timer (in the response handler)
6) client sends a message to the timer.
4) goto 4



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