[vlc-devel] [PATCH] demux: adaptive: use a signaled boolean to test if the thread should stop

[Steve Lhomme]

On 2020-02-10 18:02, Francois Cartegnie wrote:
> Le 10/02/2020 à 16:23, Steve Lhomme a écrit :
>> Rather than using a cancelation point that may not work on some platforms.
>>
>> Ref #23591
>> ---
> 
> If there's really an issue on non GNU/Linux, then that will need a backport.

At least theoretically there's an issue. The vlc_cancel() has no effect, 
so it might be a while, maybe infinite time, until the thread actually 
exits.