[boost] Re: [thread] condition::wait docs clarification

From: Michael Glassford (glassfordm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-30 13:08:30

Martin Wille wrote:
> Vladimir Prus wrote:
> 
>> Hello,
>> the docs for condition::wait say:
>>
>>               blocks the current thread of execution
>>               until readied by a call to <code>this->notify_one()</code>
>>               or<code> this->notify_all()</code>, and then reacquires the
>>               lock.
>>
>> Shouldn't the docs also mention 'spurious wakeups', that is returns 
>> from wait without any notify_one or notify_all coll? I won't pretend 
>> to know why those wakeups can happen and on what systems, but at least 
>> is relevant to pthreads conditions. 
> 
> 
> FWIW, this has been brought up here a few weeks ago (including a patch). 
> There was no response to that message, IIRC. Older versions of the 
> documentation mentioned spurious wakeups.

I've just applied that patch. However, as I mentioned in my reply to 
that message, I wasn't able to verify the change.

Mike