[snmp] Possible flaw in transmitter?

[Birgit Arkesteijn]

I added Tim's code suggestion to Transmitter.interruptMe(), but didn't
test it.
The code is checked into cvs (on SF), see previous announcement.

Birgit


On Thu, Feb 01, 2007 at 10:28:11AM +0000, Tim Panton wrote:
> Andy, thanks,
> 
> Yes, and I don't think it is strictly needed here.
> 
> How about something as simple as:
> 	if(  me!= null){
> 		me.interrupt();
> 	}
> 
> If you follow Andy's case, then interrupt won't get called.
> That isn't a problem because all the interrupt does is to speed  
> things up,
> the recv will timeout and the thread will clean itself up, just a bit 
> later
> than it would have.
> 
> I'll do some testing to see if this has any unpleasant side-effects, 
> but
> it looks like the simplest solution, and one that won't slow down the
> vast majority of cases. (i.e. the _rare_ case is slower, but the rest 
> not)
> 
> Tim.

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