FTP client thread safety?

[mart]

Hi,

I'm using the FTP client parts in a multithreaded process, where each thread has its own FTP client session object. This is in a Red Hat RHEL 6.0 environment.

However, when receiving data, valgrind (or actually helgrind) reports possible problems where several threads access the same memory. Note: valgrind does not report that memory is actually shared, just that it is a possible risk.

So my question is - is the FTP client session thread safe?

Best Regards

/Mart

[alex]

is the FTP client session thread safe?

FTPClientSeesion class is not safe for sharing between threads, but if you keep it (and the underlying socket) in a single thread, you'll be safe.

[mart]

Hi,

thanks for the response - just to confirm: if I have 2 FtpClientSession objects, each executing in its own thread (intended not to have anything to do with each other) - am I in trouble then? Do the FtpClientSession objects use some common memory, somewhere ... ?

I'm having trouble when one of the FTP targets is known to cause long delays when connecting to and/or serving data.

Thanks in advance

/Mart

[alex]

Do the FtpClientSession objects use some common memory, somewhere ... ?

No.