Subj : Re: pthread_cond_wait problem
To   : comp.unix.programmer,comp.programming.threads
From : Markus Elfring
Date : Wed Feb 09 2005 11:36 pm

> Damn I hate incomplete documentation. The man page I read didn't say
> anything about signal safety. However another man page found on google said
> exactly what I experienced that threads may deadlock when calling
> pthread_cond_signal().
>
> So the question is what alternatives there are.

- Does the discussion "async-signal safety issue" point to things that are useful for you?
  http://groups.google.de/groups?threadm=40f6a255%40usenet01.boi.hp.com

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lock-free_and_wait-free_algorithms

Regards,
Mrkus

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