Re: Error handling + Mutexes

[Fyodor <fyodor () insecure org>]

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 10:34:32AM -0500, Ron wrote:
> A bug David noticed in my code reminded me of something I've been 
> meaning to ask -- if I use a mutex in my code, and then I have a runtime 
> error, the mutex is never unlocked and Nmap will sit forever.

I agree that we need to handle this better.  Perhaps when a thread
holding a mutex dies, we should print a warning message and unlock it.
A mysterious infinite loop is clearly not the ideal behavior.  As
Patrick noted, this indicates a serious problem with the script.  So a
warning message certainly seems warranted.

Cheers,
-F

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