[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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