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index ffcf5f3bd1aba68cf6c4a9d583292545a0c2d862..3b4f0c13036fcbb8bbab38caac80e0711dcc51a2 100644 (file)
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 /*
- * $Id: sysdep.c 5882 2007-12-13 19:46:05Z davew $
+ * $Id$
  *
  * Citadel "system dependent" stuff.
- * See copyright.txt for copyright information.
+ * See COPYING for copyright information.
  *
  * Here's where we have the Citadel thread implimentation
  *
  */
 
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
+#include <signal.h>
 
 #if TIME_WITH_SYS_TIME
 # include <sys/time.h>
@@ -24,6 +29,8 @@
 # endif
 #endif
 
+#include <libcitadel.h>
+
 #include "threads.h"
 #include "ctdl_module.h"
 #include "modules_init.h"
@@ -56,7 +63,7 @@ static int num_workers = 0;                   /* Current number of worker threads */
 CtdlThreadNode *CtdlThreadList = NULL;
 CtdlThreadNode *CtdlThreadSchedList = NULL;
 
-static citthread_t GC_thread;
+static CtdlThreadNode *GC_thread = NULL;
 static char *CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_LAST_STATE];
 double CtdlThreadLoadAvg = 0;
 double CtdlThreadWorkerAvg = 0;
@@ -152,8 +159,7 @@ void ctdl_thread_internal_init_tsd(void)
        int ret;
        
        if ((ret = citthread_key_create(&ThreadKey, ctdl_thread_internal_dest_tsd))) {
-               lprintf(CTDL_EMERG, "citthread_key_create: %s\n",
-                       strerror(ret));
+               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_EMERG, "citthread_key_create: %s\n", strerror(ret));
                exit(CTDLEXIT_DB);
        }
 }
@@ -220,7 +226,6 @@ void ctdl_thread_internal_init(void)
        CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
        int ret = 0;
        
-       GC_thread = citthread_self();
        CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_INVALID] = strdup ("Invalid Thread");
        CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_VALID] = strdup("Valid Thread");
        CtdlThreadStates[CTDL_THREAD_CREATE] = strdup("Thread being Created");
@@ -257,7 +262,8 @@ void ctdl_thread_internal_init(void)
 
        this_thread->name = "Garbage Collection Thread";
        
-       this_thread->tid = GC_thread;
+       this_thread->tid = citthread_self();
+       GC_thread = this_thread;
        CT = this_thread;
        
        num_threads++;  // Increase the count of threads in the system.
@@ -329,15 +335,20 @@ void CtdlThreadStopAll(void)
        
        begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
        this_thread = CtdlThreadList;
+       // Ask the GC thread to stop first so everything knows we are shutting down.
+       GC_thread->state = CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ;
        while(this_thread)
        {
 #ifdef THREADS_USESIGNALS
-               citthread_killl(this_thread->tid, SIGHUP);
+               if (!citthread_equal(this_thread->tid, GC_thread->tid))
+                       citthread_kill(this_thread->tid, SIGHUP);
 #endif
                ctdl_thread_internal_change_state (this_thread, CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ);
                citthread_cond_signal(&this_thread->ThreadCond);
                citthread_cond_signal(&this_thread->SleepCond);
-               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Thread system stopping thread \"%s\" (%ld).\n", this_thread->name, this_thread->tid);
+               this_thread->stop_ticker = time(NULL);
+               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Thread system stopping thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx).\n",
+                       this_thread->name, this_thread->tid);
                this_thread = this_thread->next;
        }
        end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
@@ -470,9 +481,12 @@ int CtdlThreadCheckStop(void)
        
        state = CT->state;
 
-#ifdef THREADS_USERSIGNALS
+#ifdef THREADS_USESIGNALS
        if (CT->signal)
+       {
                CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Thread \"%s\" caught signal %d.\n", CT->name, CT->signal);
+               CT->signal = 0;
+       }
 #endif
        if(state == CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ)
        {
@@ -504,11 +518,13 @@ void CtdlThreadStop(CtdlThreadNode *thread)
        if (!(this_thread->thread_func))
                return;         // Don't stop garbage collector
 #ifdef THREADS_USESIGNALS
-       citthread_kill(this_thread->tid, SIGHUP);       
+       if (!citthread_equal(this_thread->tid, GC_thread->tid))
+               citthread_kill(this_thread->tid, SIGHUP);
 #endif
        ctdl_thread_internal_change_state (this_thread, CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ);
        citthread_cond_signal(&this_thread->ThreadCond);
        citthread_cond_signal(&this_thread->SleepCond);
+       this_thread->stop_ticker = time(NULL);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -550,7 +566,7 @@ static void ctdl_internal_thread_cleanup(void *arg)
         * In here we were called by the current thread because it is exiting
         * NB. WE ARE THE CURRENT THREAD
         */
-       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_NOTICE, "Thread \"%s\" (%ld) exited.\n", CT->name, CT->tid);
+       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_NOTICE, "Thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx) exited.\n", CT->name, CT->tid);
        
        #ifdef HAVE_BACKTRACE
        eCrash_UnregisterThread();
@@ -637,8 +653,31 @@ void CtdlThreadGC (void)
                that_thread = this_thread;
                this_thread = this_thread->next;
                
+               if ((that_thread->state == CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ || that_thread->state == CTDL_THREAD_STOPPING)
+                       && (!citthread_equal(that_thread->tid, citthread_self())))
+                               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Waiting for thread %s (0x%08lx) to exit.\n", that_thread->name, that_thread->tid);
+               else
+               {
+                       /**
+                        * Catch the situation where a worker was asked to stop but couldn't and we are not
+                        * shutting down.
+                        */
+                       that_thread->stop_ticker = 0;
+               }
+               
+               if (that_thread->stop_ticker + 5 == time(NULL))
+               {
+                       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Thread System: The thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx) failed to self terminate within 5 ticks. It would be cancelled now.\n", that_thread->name, that_thread->tid);
+                       if ((that_thread->flags & CTDLTHREAD_WORKER) == 0)
+                               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_INFO, "Thread System: A non worker thread would have been canceled this may cause message loss.\n");
+//                     that_thread->state = CTDL_THREAD_CANCELLED;
+                       that_thread->stop_ticker++;
+//                     citthread_cancel(that_thread->tid);
+//                     continue;
+               }
+               
                /* Do we need to clean up this thread? */
-               if (that_thread->state != CTDL_THREAD_EXITED)
+               if ((that_thread->state != CTDL_THREAD_EXITED) && (that_thread->state != CTDL_THREAD_CANCELLED))
                {
                        if(that_thread->flags & CTDLTHREAD_WORKER)
                                workers++;      /* Sanity check on number of worker threads */
@@ -689,11 +728,12 @@ void CtdlThreadGC (void)
                else if (ret == ESRCH)
                        CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Garbage collection, no thread to join on.\n");
                else if (ret != 0)
-                       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Garbage collection, citthread_join returned an unknown error.\n");
+                       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Garbage collection, citthread_join returned an unknown error(%d).\n", ret);
                /*
                 * Now we own that thread entry
                 */
-               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_INFO, "Garbage Collection for thread \"%s\" (%ld).\n", that_thread->name, that_thread->tid);
+               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_INFO, "Garbage Collection for thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx).\n",
+                       that_thread->name, that_thread->tid);
                citthread_mutex_destroy(&that_thread->ThreadMutex);
                citthread_cond_destroy(&that_thread->ThreadCond);
                citthread_mutex_destroy(&that_thread->SleepMutex);
@@ -735,7 +775,7 @@ static void *ctdl_internal_thread_func (void *arg)
        begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
        this_thread = (CtdlThreadNode *) arg;
        gettimeofday(&this_thread->start_time, NULL);           /* Time this thread started */
-       citthread_mutex_lock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
+//     citthread_mutex_lock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
        
        // Register the cleanup function to take care of when we exit.
        citthread_cleanup_push(ctdl_internal_thread_cleanup, NULL);
@@ -748,7 +788,7 @@ static void *ctdl_internal_thread_func (void *arg)
         * Other wise there is a window to allow this threads creation to continue to full grown and
         * therby prevent a shutdown of the server.
         */
-       citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
+//     citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
                
        if (!CtdlThreadCheckStop())
        {
@@ -764,9 +804,8 @@ static void *ctdl_internal_thread_func (void *arg)
        #endif
        
        // Tell the world we are here
-       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_NOTICE, "Created a new thread \"%s\" (%ld). \n", this_thread->name, this_thread->tid);
-
-       
+       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_NOTICE, "Created a new thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx).\n",
+               this_thread->name, this_thread->tid);
        
        /*
         * run the thread to do the work but only if we haven't been asked to stop
@@ -784,27 +823,15 @@ static void *ctdl_internal_thread_func (void *arg)
 }
 
 
+
+
 /*
- * Internal function to create a thread.
- * Must be called from within a S_THREAD_LIST critical section
- */ 
-CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_internal_create_thread(char *name, long flags, void *(*thread_func) (void *arg), void *args)
+ * Function to initialise an empty thread structure
+ */
+CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_internal_init_thread_struct(CtdlThreadNode *this_thread, long flags)
 {
        int ret = 0;
-       CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
-
-       if (num_threads >= 32767)
-       {
-               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_EMERG, "Thread system. Thread list full.\n");
-               return NULL;
-       }
-               
-       this_thread = malloc(sizeof(CtdlThreadNode));
-       if (this_thread == NULL) {
-               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_EMERG, "Thread system, can't allocate CtdlThreadNode, exiting\n");
-               return NULL;
-       }
+       
        // Ensuring this is zero'd means we make sure the thread doesn't start doing its thing until we are ready.
        memset (this_thread, 0, sizeof(CtdlThreadNode));
        
@@ -814,8 +841,6 @@ CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_internal_create_thread(char *name, long flags, void *(*thre
        citthread_mutex_init (&(this_thread->SleepMutex), NULL);
        citthread_cond_init (&(this_thread->SleepCond), NULL);
        
-       citthread_mutex_lock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
-       
        this_thread->state = CTDL_THREAD_CREATE;
        
        if ((ret = citthread_attr_init(&this_thread->attr))) {
@@ -852,6 +877,45 @@ CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_internal_create_thread(char *name, long flags, void *(*thre
                }
        }
 
+       /* Set this new thread with an avg_blocked of 2. We do this so that its creation affects the
+        * load average for the system. If we don't do this then we create a mass of threads at the same time 
+        * because the creation didn't affect the load average.
+        */
+       this_thread->avg_blocked = 2;
+       
+       return (this_thread);
+}
+
+
+
+/*
+ * Internal function to create a thread.
+ */ 
+CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_internal_create_thread(char *name, long flags, void *(*thread_func) (void *arg), void *args)
+{
+       int ret = 0;
+       CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
+
+       if (num_threads >= 32767)
+       {
+               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_EMERG, "Thread system. Thread list full.\n");
+               return NULL;
+       }
+               
+       this_thread = malloc(sizeof(CtdlThreadNode));
+       if (this_thread == NULL) {
+               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_EMERG, "Thread system, can't allocate CtdlThreadNode, exiting\n");
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       
+       /* Initialise the thread structure */
+       if (ctdl_internal_init_thread_struct(this_thread, flags) == NULL)
+       {
+               free(this_thread);
+               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_EMERG, "Thread system, can't initialise CtdlThreadNode, exiting\n");
+               return NULL;
+       }
        /*
         * If we got here we are going to create the thread so we must initilise the structure
         * first because most implimentations of threading can't create it in a stopped state
@@ -869,12 +933,10 @@ CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_internal_create_thread(char *name, long flags, void *(*thre
        this_thread->flags = flags;
        this_thread->thread_func = thread_func;
        this_thread->user_args = args;
-       /* Set this new thread with an avg_blocked of 2. We do this so that its creation affects the
-        * load average for the system. If we don't do this then we create a mass of threads at the same time 
-        * because the creation didn't affect the load average.
-        */
-       this_thread->avg_blocked = 2;
        
+//     citthread_mutex_lock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
+       
+       begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
        /*
         * We pass this_thread into the thread as its args so that it can find out information
         * about itself and it has a bit of storage space for itself, not to mention that the REAL
@@ -882,7 +944,7 @@ CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_internal_create_thread(char *name, long flags, void *(*thre
         */
        if ((ret = citthread_create(&this_thread->tid, &this_thread->attr, ctdl_internal_thread_func, this_thread) != 0))
        {
-
+               end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
                CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_ALERT, "Thread system, Can't create thread: %s\n",
                        strerror(ret));
                citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
@@ -903,10 +965,11 @@ CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_internal_create_thread(char *name, long flags, void *(*thre
        CtdlThreadList = this_thread;
        if (this_thread->next)
                this_thread->next->prev = this_thread;
+       ctdl_thread_internal_calc_loadavg();
        
-       citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
+//     citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
+       end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
        
-       ctdl_thread_internal_calc_loadavg();
        return this_thread;
 }
 
@@ -920,9 +983,7 @@ CtdlThreadNode *CtdlThreadCreate(char *name, long flags, void *(*thread_func) (v
 {
        CtdlThreadNode *ret = NULL;
        
-       begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
        ret = ctdl_internal_create_thread(name, flags, thread_func, args);
-       end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
        return ret;
 }
 
@@ -934,7 +995,6 @@ CtdlThreadNode *CtdlThreadCreate(char *name, long flags, void *(*thread_func) (v
  */ 
 CtdlThreadNode *CtdlThreadSchedule(char *name, long flags, void *(*thread_func) (void *arg), void *args, time_t when)
 {
-       int ret = 0;
        CtdlThreadNode *this_thread;
 
        if (num_threads >= 32767)
@@ -948,47 +1008,14 @@ CtdlThreadNode *CtdlThreadSchedule(char *name, long flags, void *(*thread_func)
                CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_EMERG, "Thread system, can't allocate CtdlThreadNode, exiting\n");
                return NULL;
        }
-       // Ensuring this is zero'd means we make sure the thread doesn't start doing its thing until we are ready.
-       memset (this_thread, 0, sizeof(CtdlThreadNode));
-       
-       /* Create the mutex's early so we can use them */
-       citthread_mutex_init (&(this_thread->ThreadMutex), NULL);
-       citthread_cond_init (&(this_thread->ThreadCond), NULL);
-       citthread_mutex_init (&(this_thread->SleepMutex), NULL);
-       citthread_cond_init (&(this_thread->SleepCond), NULL);
-       
-       this_thread->state = CTDL_THREAD_CREATE;
-       
-       if ((ret = citthread_attr_init(&this_thread->attr))) {
-               citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadMutex));
-               citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadCond));
-               citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepMutex));
-               citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepCond));
-               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_EMERG, "Thread system, citthread_attr_init: %s\n", strerror(ret));
+       /* Initialise the thread structure */
+       if (ctdl_internal_init_thread_struct(this_thread, flags) == NULL)
+       {
                free(this_thread);
+               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_EMERG, "Thread system, can't initialise CtdlThreadNode, exiting\n");
                return NULL;
        }
 
-       /* Our per-thread stacks need to be bigger than the default size,
-        * otherwise the MIME parser crashes on FreeBSD, and the IMAP service
-        * crashes on 64-bit Linux.
-        */
-       if (flags & CTDLTHREAD_BIGSTACK)
-       {
-               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_INFO, "Thread system. Creating BIG STACK thread.\n");
-               if ((ret = citthread_attr_setstacksize(&this_thread->attr, THREADSTACKSIZE))) {
-                       citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadMutex));
-                       citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadCond));
-                       citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepMutex));
-                       citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepCond));
-                       citthread_attr_destroy(&this_thread->attr);
-                       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_EMERG, "Thread system, citthread_attr_setstacksize: %s\n",
-                               strerror(ret));
-                       free(this_thread);
-                       return NULL;
-               }
-       }
-
        /*
         * If we got here we are going to create the thread so we must initilise the structure
         * first because most implimentations of threading can't create it in a stopped state
@@ -1006,11 +1033,6 @@ CtdlThreadNode *CtdlThreadSchedule(char *name, long flags, void *(*thread_func)
        this_thread->flags = flags;
        this_thread->thread_func = thread_func;
        this_thread->user_args = args;
-       /* Set this new thread with an avg_blocked of 2. We do this so that its creation affects the
-        * load average for the system. If we don't do this then we create a mass of threads at the same time 
-        * because the creation didn't affect the load average.
-        */
-       this_thread->avg_blocked = 2;
        
        /*
         * When to start this thread
@@ -1033,6 +1055,8 @@ CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_thread_internal_start_scheduled (CtdlThreadNode *this_threa
 {
        int ret = 0;
        
+//     citthread_mutex_lock(&that_thread->ThreadMutex);
+       begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
        /*
         * We pass this_thread into the thread as its args so that it can find out information
         * about itself and it has a bit of storage space for itself, not to mention that the REAL
@@ -1040,9 +1064,15 @@ CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_thread_internal_start_scheduled (CtdlThreadNode *this_threa
         */
        if ((ret = citthread_create(&this_thread->tid, &this_thread->attr, ctdl_internal_thread_func, this_thread) != 0))
        {
-
-               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_ALERT, "Thread system, Can't create thread: %s\n",
-                       strerror(ret));
+               end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
+               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Failed to start scheduled thread \"%s\": %s\n", this_thread->name, strerror(ret));
+//             citthread_mutex_unlock(&this_thread->ThreadMutex);
+               citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadMutex));
+               citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->ThreadCond));
+               citthread_mutex_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepMutex));
+               citthread_cond_destroy(&(this_thread->SleepCond));
+               citthread_attr_destroy(&this_thread->attr);
+               free(this_thread);
                return NULL;
        }
        
@@ -1055,6 +1085,11 @@ CtdlThreadNode *ctdl_thread_internal_start_scheduled (CtdlThreadNode *this_threa
        CtdlThreadList = this_thread;
        if (this_thread->next)
                this_thread->next->prev = this_thread;
+//     citthread_mutex_unlock(&that_thread->ThreadMutex);
+       
+       ctdl_thread_internal_calc_loadavg();
+       end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
+       
        
        return this_thread;
 }
@@ -1066,6 +1101,10 @@ void ctdl_thread_internal_check_scheduled(void)
        CtdlThreadNode *this_thread, *that_thread;
        time_t now;
        
+       /* Don't start scheduled threads if the system wants single user mode */
+       if (CtdlWantSingleUser())
+               return;
+       
        if (try_critical_section(S_SCHEDULE_LIST))
                return; /* If this list is locked we wait till the next chance */
        
@@ -1095,39 +1134,24 @@ void ctdl_thread_internal_check_scheduled(void)
 #ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
                        CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "About to start scheduled thread \"%s\".\n", that_thread->name);
 #endif
-                       begin_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
                        if (CT->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ)
                        {       /* Only start it if the system is not stopping */
-                               citthread_mutex_lock(&that_thread->ThreadMutex);
-                               if (ctdl_thread_internal_start_scheduled (that_thread) == NULL)
+                               if (ctdl_thread_internal_start_scheduled (that_thread))
                                {
 #ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
-                       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Failed to start scheduled thread \"%s\".\n", that_thread->name);
-#endif
-                                       citthread_mutex_unlock(&that_thread->ThreadMutex);
-                                       citthread_mutex_destroy(&(that_thread->ThreadMutex));
-                                       citthread_cond_destroy(&(that_thread->ThreadCond));
-                                       citthread_mutex_destroy(&(that_thread->SleepMutex));
-                                       citthread_cond_destroy(&(that_thread->SleepCond));
-                                       citthread_attr_destroy(&that_thread->attr);
-                                       free(that_thread);
-                               }
-                               else
-                               {
-                                       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_INFO, "Thread system, Started a scheduled thread \"%s\" (%ld).\n",
+                                       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_INFO, "Thread system, Started a scheduled thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx).\n",
                                                that_thread->name, that_thread->tid);
-                                       citthread_mutex_unlock(&that_thread->ThreadMutex);
-                                       ctdl_thread_internal_calc_loadavg();
+#endif
                                }
                        }
-                       end_critical_section(S_THREAD_LIST);
                }
+#ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
                else
                {
-#ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
-                       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Thread \"%s\" will start in %ld seconds.\n", that_thread->name, that_thread->when - time(NULL));
-#endif
+                       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Thread \"%s\" will start in %ld seconds.\n",
+                               that_thread->name, that_thread->when - time(NULL));
                }
+#endif
        }
        end_critical_section(S_SCHEDULE_LIST);
 }
@@ -1138,11 +1162,47 @@ void ctdl_thread_internal_check_scheduled(void)
  */
 int CtdlThreadSelect(int n, fd_set *readfds, fd_set *writefds, fd_set *exceptfds, struct timeval *timeout)
 {
-       int ret;
+       int ret = 0;
        
        ctdl_thread_internal_change_state(CT, CTDL_THREAD_BLOCKED);
-       ret = select(n, readfds, writefds, exceptfds, timeout);
-       ctdl_thread_internal_change_state(CT, CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING);
+       if (!CtdlThreadCheckStop())
+               ret = select(n, readfds, writefds, exceptfds, timeout);
+       /**
+        * If the select returned <= 0 then it failed due to an error
+        * or timeout so this thread could stop if asked to do so.
+        * Anything else means it needs to continue unless the system is shutting down
+        */
+       if (ret <= 0)
+       {
+               /**
+                * select says nothing to do so we can change to running if we haven't been asked to stop.
+                */
+               ctdl_thread_internal_change_state(CT, CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING);
+       }
+       else
+       {
+               /**
+                * The select says this thread needs to do something useful.
+                * This thread was in an idle state so it may have been asked to stop
+                * but if the system isn't shutting down this thread is no longer
+                * idle and select has given it a task to do so it must not stop
+                * In this condition we need to force it into the running state.
+                * CtdlThreadGC will clear its ticker for us.
+                *
+                * FIXME: there is still a small hole here. It is possible for the sequence of locking
+                * to allow the state to get changed to STOP_REQ just after this code if the other thread
+                * has decided to change the state before this lock, it there fore has to wait till the lock
+                * completes but it will continue to change the state. We need something a bit better here.
+                */
+               citthread_mutex_lock(&CT->ThreadMutex); /* To prevent race condition of a sleeping thread */
+               if (GC_thread->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ && CT->state <= CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ)
+               {
+                       CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Thread %s (0x%08lx) refused stop request.\n", CT->name, CT->tid);
+                       CT->state = CTDL_THREAD_RUNNING;
+               }
+               citthread_mutex_unlock(&CT->ThreadMutex);
+       }
+
        return ret;
 }
 
@@ -1218,7 +1278,7 @@ void go_threading(void)
                        if (last_worker)
                        {
 #ifdef WITH_THREADLOG
-                               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Thread system, stopping excess worker thread \"%s\" (%ld).\n",
+                               CtdlLogPrintf(CTDL_DEBUG, "Thread system, stopping excess worker thread \"%s\" (0x%08lx).\n",
                                        last_worker->name,
                                        last_worker->tid
                                        );
@@ -1243,7 +1303,7 @@ void go_threading(void)
                        for (i=0; i<5 ; i++)
                        {
 #ifdef NEW_WORKER
-                               CtdlThreadCreate("Worker Thread",
+                               CtdlThreadCreate("Worker Thread (new)",
                                        CTDLTHREAD_BIGSTACK + CTDLTHREAD_WORKER,
                                        new_worker_thread,
                                        NULL
@@ -1265,7 +1325,11 @@ void go_threading(void)
                        CtdlThreadGC();
                }
                
+#ifdef THREADS_USESIGNALS
+               if (CtdlThreadGetCount() && CT->state > CTDL_THREAD_STOP_REQ)
+#else
                if (CtdlThreadGetCount())
+#endif
                        CtdlThreadSleep(1);
        }
        /*