Re: [boost] condition Win32 based on events

From: Yuval Ronen (ronen_yuval_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-09-17 04:07:12

Hi.
I'm definitely no expert on this, but there's something that bothers me 
about conditions in general and this implementation in particular. The 
Win32 CriticalSection used is a *recursive* mutex. Meaning that the 
LeaveCriticalSection() used inside pthread_cond_wait() doesn't guaranty 
the the mutex is actually unlocked. Insuring this requires counting the 
number of times the mutex was locked before entering 
pthread_cond_wait(). Is this a problem? Is there any reference to the 
difference between a condition with recursive mutex to a condition with 
non-recursive mutex?

Just some thoughts I wanted to share...
Yuval