pthread_mutex_destroy returns EBUSY, but the mutex isn't locked
Carlos O'Donell
carlos@systemhalted.org
Wed Jun 4 14:11:00 GMT 2008
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 8:48 AM, Adrian Ludwin <adrian.ludwin@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mutex 0x920df0: lock=0, count=0, owner=0, nusers=2, kind=2
The mutex is unlocked, there are 2 waiters on the futex, but they
haven't had time to be woken yet, therefore you can't destroy the
mutex, and calls to pthread_mutex_destroy() return EBUSY.
You shouldn't ignore the error. You should wait a while and try
destroying it again.
Cheers,
Carlos.
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