Subj : Re: reliability of setting thread priority
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Thu Feb 24 2005 05:54 pm


gottlobfrege@gmail.com wrote:
[...]
>   In particular, similar to the problems of static local initializers
> and implementing pthread_once, etc., I want to initialize a critical
> section in a thread safe manner. 

http://groups.google.de/groups?selm=3FA61F96.223FDE85%40web.de

>                                   I would use another critical section
> to guard the first CS, but that 'begs the question' as they say. :-)  I
> could use a global named mutex (CreateMutex() under Win32), but that
> seems a bit heavy - and if I was going to use a mutex to make a
> criticalsection, maybe I should just use a mutex where the CS was going
> in the first place.  

Named mutex doesn't live long. It is used to serialize event 
creation/init (and initial lock state change). Once it is done, 
CloseHandle() is called. So what's your problem (priorities
aside for a moment)?

regards,
alexander.

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