Re: [boost] [mutex] move / merge

Subject: Re: [boost] [mutex] move / merge
From: Phil Bouchard (philippe_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-05-18 12:00:52

On 5/18/2011 8:45 AM, Mathias Gaunard wrote:
>
> Combining the locking of multiple mutexes requires defining an order in
> which they should always be acquired so as to define a lock hierarchy.
>
> Using the address of the mutex in question for that ordering should work.

That's unfortunate because it'll uglify the code.  A more important 
problem is that "ps_->redir()->mutex_" and "p.ps_->redir()->mutex_" need 
to be called in a lock mode right before.  For that I need to lock a 
global mutex, which I was trying not to do.

-Phil