[webkit-dev] WebCore and reentrancy

Geoffrey Garen ggaren at apple.com
Wed May 26 11:01:39 PDT 2010


Hi Anders.

Currently, WebKit can only run on the main thread.

Eventually, WebKit will be able to run on a dedicated secondary thread -- but still it won't be able to run on two threads.

Geoff

On May 26, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Anders Bakken wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Is WebCore reentrant? E.g. Can I use two different WebViews and
> WebFrames in two separate threads assuming my own porting layer is
> reentrant?
> 
> regards
> --
> Anders Bakken
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