Another LinuxThreads bug.

Kaz Kylheku kaz@ashi.footprints.net
Mon Jan 10 12:49:00 GMT 2000


On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Xavier Leroy wrote:

> That's an interesting twist!  I have no solution to offer right now,
> but I believe Butenhof's book contains an implementation of RW locks
> in terms of basic POSIX primitives.  That could give us some clues
> (although it could be that he simply doesn't implement writer
> preferencing).

... or, more likely, that he doesn't support recursive read locks. We know how
Dave feels about recursive locks. I don't have a book, but I can look at
it in a bookstore, which I will be sure to do at the earliest opportunity
in case it contains some additional insights.



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