Subj : Re: thread safety
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Torsten Robitzki
Date : Mon Aug 22 2005 05:28 pm

Alexander Fleck wrote:
> Hi,
> I' ve to make a software module thread safe.
> I know how to realize that and what' re the main topics of thread safety.
> But I don' t know how thread safety can be tested. I read about a test for web servers. These apps' re tested with a stress test. That doesn' t work for my module. I searched the web but didn' t find a solution that satisfies me. I think that thread safety errors don' t occur reproduceable and so they' re hard to test and find. 
> Any ideas?

Beside using a threading library with buildin checks (like checking for 
double locks/dead locks etc.) I would suggest to find someone to review 
your code.

regards
Torsten

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