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Clarion 6: Frequent GPFs in IniMgr.Kill in Clarion 6 Gold
2004-02-16 -- Kevin Erskine
 
I frequently get GPF in the INIMgr.Kill method -- I think the coding is wrong -- Not checking for NULLs

Current code in ABUTIL.CLW: 

INIClass.Kill PROCEDURE

critProc  CriticalProcedure

  CODE
  critProc.init(SELF.critSect)
  SELF.UpdateQueue('__Dont_Touch_Me__','Sectors',|
                   SELF.Sectors,SELF.Sectors.Family,|
                   SELF.Sectors.Item,SELF.Sectors.Type) !***
  IF  NOT SELF.Sectors &= NULL
    DISPOSE(SELF.Sectors)
    SELF.Sectors &= NULL
  END
Should have the Self.UpdateQueue inside the check for NULL in the next line - so I think it should read: 
INIClass.Kill PROCEDURE

critProc  CriticalProcedure

  CODE
  critProc.init(SELF.critSect)
  IF  NOT SELF.Sectors &= NULL
    SELF.UpdateQueue('__Dont_Touch_Me__','Sectors',|
                     SELF.Sectors,SELF.Sectors.Family,|
                     SELF.Sectors.Item,SELF.Sectors.Type) !***
    DISPOSE(SELF.Sectors)
    SELF.Sectors &= NULL
  END
OK - I have found, I identified and corrected my GPFs in C6 -- Here is my solution...

This has solved a GPF problem that has been plaguing me for the past month -- ARGhhhhhhh

My Applications repeatedly failed until I made these changes. I hope it helps others with theirs.

The problem is is a sporadic problem of .constructs and .destructs being called for a thread after it is terminated and certain classes are not checking themselves for valid pointers.

I am not the only one who has spent hours trying to track down these weird C6 New threading model problems.

2 changes made
1) See previous msg in the IniMgr.Kill method the Self.Sectors check
2) In the IniClass.Destruct the check for the critical section

Currently Reads... 

INIClass.Destruct procedure
  CODE
  SELF.critSect.kill()
Should Be changed to 
INIClass.Destruct procedure
  CODE
  IF NOT SELF.critSect &= NULL
    SELF.critSect.kill()
    SELF.critSect &= NULL
  END


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