From 8e3ec4b9abb10b9e3b6289891c88a2156a26c383 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robin Gareus <robin@gareus.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 23:13:19 +0100
Subject: leave a ToDo note for the butler.

---
 libs/ardour/butler.cc | 14 +++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'libs/ardour/butler.cc')

diff --git a/libs/ardour/butler.cc b/libs/ardour/butler.cc
index cd00965062..a89e8295d2 100644
--- a/libs/ardour/butler.cc
+++ b/libs/ardour/butler.cc
@@ -328,7 +328,19 @@ void
 Butler::queue_request (Request::Type r)
 {
 	char c = r;
-	_xthread.deliver (c);
+	if (_xthread.deliver (c) != 1) {
+		/* the x-thread channel is non-blocking
+		 * write may fail, but we really don't want to wait
+		 * under normal circumstances.
+		 *
+		 * a lost "run" requests under normal RT operation
+		 * is mostly harmless.
+		 *
+		 * TODO if ardour is freehweeling, wait & retry.
+		 * ditto for Request::Type Quit
+		 */
+		assert(1); // we're screwd
+	}
 }
 
 void
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