[Boost-commit] svn:boost r80201 - trunk/libs/thread/doc

Subject: [Boost-commit] svn:boost r80201 - trunk/libs/thread/doc
From: vicente.botet_at_[hidden]
Date: 2012-08-25 09:06:41

Author: viboes
Date: 2012-08-25 09:06:41 EDT (Sat, 25 Aug 2012)
New Revision: 80201
URL: http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/changeset/80201

Log:
Thread: doc shared mutex lack of  priority 7284
Text files modified: 
   trunk/libs/thread/doc/shared_mutex_ref.qbk |     1 +                                       
   1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

Modified: trunk/libs/thread/doc/shared_mutex_ref.qbk
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--- trunk/libs/thread/doc/shared_mutex_ref.qbk	(original)
+++ trunk/libs/thread/doc/shared_mutex_ref.qbk	2012-08-25 09:06:41 EDT (Sat, 25 Aug 2012)
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
 Multiple concurrent calls to __lock_ref__, __try_lock_ref__, `__try_lock_for()`,  `__try_lock_until()`, __timed_lock_ref__, __lock_shared_ref__,  
 `__try_lock_shared_for()`,  `__try_lock_shared_until()`, __try_lock_shared_ref__ and __timed_lock_shared_ref__ are permitted.
 
+Note the the lack of reader-writer priority policies in shared_mutex. This is due to an algorithm credited to Alexander Terekhov which lets the OS decide which thread is the next to get the lock without caring whether a unique lock or shared lock is being sought. This results in a complete lack of reader or writer starvation. It is simply fair. 
 
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