Re: [Boost-users] Is boost::asio::ip::tcp::iostream thread safe?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Is boost::asio::ip::tcp::iostream thread safe?
From: Michael Chisholm (chisholm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-05-10 17:34:52

On 5/10/2012 10:38 AM, Igor R wrote:
>> hi all,
>> I use ip::tcp::iostream but I don't know if it is thread safe, and I cannot find the answer in boost document.
>> I read from ip::tcp::iostream in the receiver thread, and send request in another thread.
>> Now I protected the stream with a mutex. But the problem is that, if I do not send request, the server will not response,
>> and the receiver will block on read with lock, and the sender cannot hold the lock and cannot send the request, deadlock.
>>
>> Is there anyone know that? Please kindly give me an answer.
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> As far as I can see, it's not thread-safe.
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Definitely not.  I had to create my own socket-based stream with 
boost.iostreams to avoid crashes.

Andy