Subj : Re: pthread_cond_broadcast [a little long] To : comp.programming.threads From : Markus Elfring Date : Wed Jan 26 2005 07:13 pm > My question is : > how should I design my threads for doing such synchronization ? Please consider predicate checking together with condition variables... Are the informations from the discussion "spurious wakeup" useful for you? http://groups.google.de/groups?threadm=40ed1d8f.0411191313.4dff837c@posting.google.com .