[Boost-users] boost interprocess named_mutex: race condition at creation?

Subject: [Boost-users] boost interprocess named_mutex: race condition at creation?
From: Liwei Peng (liwei.peng_at_[hidden])
Date: 2015-11-18 16:05:18

Hi,

I am using named_mutex for synchronization among multiple processes. If all
of the processes try to open_or_create the same-name named_mutex:
   named_mutex mutex(open_or_create, "somename");

1) Is there any race condition for mutex creation? Or the API will
guarantee one will create and all others will open?

2) If there is race condition, what are the work-arounds for this on Linux?

Thanks,

Liwei