[PATCH xserver 0/6] Use a thread for input
Mark Kettenis
mark.kettenis at xs4all.nl
Wed Dec 9 05:23:35 PST 2015
> From: Keith Packard <keithp at keithp.com>
> Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2015 15:44:48 -0800
>
> Here's a series which revives Tiago's ancient threaded input
> patch. This has been cleaned up to make sure that it does locking
> correctly, and then patches for xf86 and kdrive/fbdev hook the code to
> a couple of X servers to show how it should work.
Most of my objections to this Tiago's patch still apply. Threads
severely impact debuggability and this needs a full audit of all the
drivers; not just the server.
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