Re: [Boost-users] Interprocess condition and process crashes

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Interprocess condition and process crashes
From: Ion Gaztañaga (igaztanaga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-09-17 13:57:23

Gabriel Burca escribió:
> I'm using Boost 1.39 on WindowsXP and I noticed that if a process crashes
> while waiting on an interprocess condition variable, the signaling process
> blocks forever in subsequent calls to notify_all().
> 
> It looks to me like boost is not using the native facilities, but some
> emulation, so is this scenario not supported by the emulation?

Yes, it's a limitation of the emulation. Unblocking is not also 
guaranteed by native facilities.

Best,

Ion