Re: [Boost-users] Need advice on std::queue syncronization using boost::mutex - maybe a bug in pthread?

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Need advice on std::queue syncronization using boost::mutex - maybe a bug in pthread?
From: Ilya Kalujny (kalujny_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-12-13 03:57:01

Thank you kindly!

2008/12/12 Steven Watanabe <watanabesj_at_[hidden]>

> AMDG
>
> Ilya Kalujny wrote:
>
>> I`d like to ask for your kind advice regarding boost::mutex behaviour.
>>
>> I dont see what i`m doing wrong here. The issue is that at some point a
>> mutex used to syncronize access to std::queue becomes locked on it's own,
>> despite being explicitly unlocked before. I can repeat this more or less
>> consistently. I triple checked the logic behind code and it seems correct to
>> me.
>>
>
> The thread that unlocks a mutex must be the same one that locked it.
> You really ought to use a condition variable.
>
> In Christ.
> Steven Watanabe
>
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