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Diffstat (limited to 'include/fuse_lowlevel.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/fuse_lowlevel.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/fuse_lowlevel.h b/include/fuse_lowlevel.h index 9142b1c..b42447e 100644 --- a/include/fuse_lowlevel.h +++ b/include/fuse_lowlevel.h @@ -2112,9 +2112,12 @@ int fuse_session_loop(struct fuse_session *se); /** * Flag a session as terminated. * - * This function is invoked by the POSIX signal handlers, when - * registered using fuse_set_signal_handlers(). It will cause any - * running event loops to terminate on the next opportunity. + * This will cause any running event loops to terminate on the next opportunity. If this function is + * called by a thread that is not a FUSE worker thread, the next + * opportunity will be when FUSE a request is received (which may be far in the future if the + * filesystem is not currently being used by any clients). One way to avoid this delay is to + * afterwards sent a signal to the main thread (if fuse_set_signal_handlers() is used, SIGPIPE + * will cause the main thread to wake-up but otherwise be ignored). * * @param se the session */ |