Hi List,

 

I’m fairly new to multithreading, especially in C++. Things seem generally straightforward when using boost::thread, but there was one question I had.

 

I have a mutex that I use to control access to a data processing object. Whenever I receive new data, I attempt to lock the mutex, and process it. However, I think it’s possible that I might receive several data packets while I’m processing, and it’s important that these packets are processed in order. So I suppose my question is, when a mutex is unlocked, how is it determined which thread gets to lock it next?

 

Thanks,

 

Alec Munro