[kaffe] Detaching unix pthread

[Marcel Wiesweg]

Hi,

I'm currently using Kaffe in an application (VDR) to execute Java classes (MHP 
applications). The application links to libkaffevm and starts the VM via JNI. 
Additionally, it is heavily multithreaded. If kaffe is compiled with 
unix-pthreads, accessing Java code and vice versa from any thread is working 
beautifully since 1.1.4.

However, one question remains: As soon as a thread is attached, the default 
segfault handler is replaced. This is very good in some places, but 
undesirably in others (when kaffe is inactive).

Is it possible to switch the segfault handling on and off? I would assume 
JNI's DetachThread to do that, but - looking at the source - it does nothing.

I have replaced the JNI abort handler, and could abort from there, and I could 
come up with a workaround, I just would like to know if detaching the thread 
would be feasible.

Marcel