From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-07 06:09:34
Jon Biggar wrote:
[...]
> There is actually one case that needs a semaphore that has no reasonable
> alternative in pthreads. The only pthread synchronization operation
> that is asynch-reentrant safe (i.e. can be called from a signal handler)
> is signaling a pthread semaphore.
There's no such thing as "a pthread semaphore". In a *threaded* POSIX
program you can use sigwait() and/or SIGEV_THREAD delivery.
>
> It would be nice if there was some abstraction available in boost
> threads that used this mechanism internally to get the needed behavior,
> but encapsulated to hide the error-proneness of a raw semaphore.
Well, http://www.mail-archive.com/boost@listarchives.boost.org/msg07519.html
regards,
alexander.
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