Re: [Boost-users] [threads] recursive shared_mutex

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [threads] recursive shared_mutex
From: Tim Blechmann (tim_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-04-07 07:52:18

> Is this so? In case boost::shared_mutex is indeed non-recursive, I've
> read the following assertion on Hinnant's paper N2406
> (http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2007/n2406.html ):
> 
>   "A recursive shared mutex could be built upon shared_mutex if desired,
>   but this is not proposed."
> 
> Does anyone has a reference on how to construct a recursive
> shared_mutex from a non-recursive one?

i have an implementation of a recursive shared mutex (nova::rw_mutex),
which is based on a nonrecursive wrapper for pthread_rwlock_t [1]. maybe
this is of some help ...

cheers, tim

[1]
http://tim.klingt.org/git?p=nova-server.git;a=blob;f=source/utilities/rw_mutex.hpp

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