[Boost-users] [Asio] Socket Read/Write Thread-Safety

Subject: [Boost-users] [Asio] Socket Read/Write Thread-Safety
From: Timothy Liang (timothy003_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-01-28 00:48:31

Hi, I'm implementing a full-duplex protocol over TCP/IP using Boost.Asio. 
Multiple threads will be calling 'io_service::run_one()', so I have to 
serialize my completion handlers.  Since I need to be reading and writing on 
a socket at the same time, can I use the 'boost::asio::async_read(...)' and 
'boost::asio::async_write(...)' functions?  The documentation states that 
these are implemented in terms of calls to the stream's async_read_some and 
async_write_some functions, and the 'basic_stream_socket' class isn't 
thread-safe.

Thanks,
Timothy