Subj : Re: Futex problem
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Joe Seigh
Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 02:48 pm

JK wrote:
> Joe Seigh kirjoitti:
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> 
>>The futex needs to be in shared memory.  Forked processes don't share memory.
> 
> 
> So, if I create a shared memory block with shmget() I can use futex
> with fork()?
> 
It supports process level synchronization so as far as I know, yes.

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