I've got a perl script running on Win32 using the Event module that uses Net::SSH::W32Perl to execute commands on remote machines. It has an io watcher looking for client's input (the commands to be executed on the remote hosts) and when it gets a command, creates another watcher of type timer (because the commands may be scheduled to be executed later). When the time comes, the watcher is invoked and it creates a thread to execute the remote commands (so the server doesn't freeze).
The thread executes ok but, when the server tries to join the thread, it segfaults. Same happens using fork but this is not a surprise because on Win32 its implemented using threads.
The problem seems to be related to spawning a thread while inside a watcher, because if I call fork outside a watcher, works ok and if I use fork inside any watcher (e.g. the io watcher) it segfaults.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

In reply to Event module and threads/fork segfault on Win32 by gurbo

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