Re: [Boost-users] boost 1.32: read_write_mutex assertion

From: Michael Glassford (glassfordm_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-08-18 10:36:16

I forgot to mention that this has been fixed in the 1.33 release.

Mike

Michael Glassford wrote:
> That assertion (and all of the similar loop_count assertions) should be 
> safe to ignore. They were intended as a debugging tool on my part, and 
> weren't supposed to be in the released code.
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> Slawomir Lisznianski wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I'm using Boost.Threads read/write mutex with the writer scheduling
>>priority. Under heavy load, from many threads, I'm getting the following
>>assertion:
>>
>><..>/boost/boost_1_32_0/libs/thread/src/read_write_mutex.cpp:190: void
>>boost::deta
>>il::thread::read_write_mutex_impl<Mutex>::do_write_lock() [with Mutex =
>>boost::mutex]: Assertion `++loop_count == 1' failed.
>>Abort (core dumped)
>>
>>The system is Linux kernel 2.4.21 (SMP) with 4 CPUs (Intel XEON MP) and
>>g++ 3.2.3 20030502 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-42).
>>
>>Has anyone else experienced a similar problem?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Slawomir