threading with idapython

Question

I am writing a plugin for IDA by idapython. When I try to use threading, the IDA program fails.

For example, when I try to run the code:

import thread  
def run():  
    print "start thread"  
print "start"  
thread.start_new_thread(run, ())  
print "end"

the word "start" is printed in the IDA python console, and then IDA fails.

What can I do?

Answer 1

Try upgrading your IDA / IDAPython. Using IDA 6.1 and the IDAPython that came with it, the above code works for me.

That said, you really can't access the database from multiple python threads in this version. See idaapi.execute_sync for more info.