Re: [boost] [thread] is there an interest on this unique_to_shared_mutex_adapter class?

From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-30 10:08:57

Frank Mori Hess <frank.hess_at_[hidden]> writes:

> On Friday 30 May 2008 06:40 am, Anthony Williams wrote:
>> > It would also be possible, I think, to make an adapter that actually
>> > creates a shared mutex from a normal one.  I've never had to write a
>> > read/write mutex but I guess that this is how they are implemented
>> > internally.
>>
>> It's a bit more complicated than that. boost::shared_mutex is
>> implemented on top of boost::mutex and boost::condition_variable for
>> pthreads: take a look.
>
> Hmm, so it looks like it would be straightforward to convert the pthread 
> implementation of shared_mutex into an adapter that can convert an arbitrary 
> mutex type (conforming to the boost.thread Lockable concept) into a shared 
> mutex, by turning its boost::mutex into a template type?

No, I don't think so. The internal mutex within shared_mutex is only
locked within the member functions, and it is required to be exclusive
in order to protect the internal data.

When you call shared_lock, the only sense in which this thread holds a
mutex is that the internal state of the shared_mutex reflects that.

Anthony
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