Re: [Boost-users] [thread] assertion error in timed_lock

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [thread] assertion error in timed_lock
From: Anthony Williams (anthony.ajw_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-01-11 16:22:59

"Ernst Murnleitner" <mur_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Sometimes - especially if I start the program with valgrind - my program exits
> with
>
> /usr/include/boost/thread/pthread/recursive_mutex.hpp:180: bool
> boost::recursive_timed_mutex::timed_lock(const boost::system_time&): Assertion
> `!res || res==16' failed.
>
>
> The line 180 is in this function:
>
>  bool timed_lock(system_time const & abs_time)
>         {
>             struct timespec const timeout=detail::get_timespec(abs_time);
>             int const res=pthread_mutex_timedlock(&m,&timeout);
>             BOOST_ASSERT(!res || res==EBUSY);
>             return !res;
>         }
>
> pthread_mutex_timedlock returned ETIMEDOUT. 

This bug has already been fixed.

Anthony
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