Subj : Re: pthreads: combine condvar and select
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Date : Tue Jan 11 2005 09:59 pm

Bernhard Roessmann wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> how can one combine pthreads passive waiting (e.g using a conditional 
> variable  and pthread_cond_wait) select/poll waiting (filehandles) at 
> the same time?

You can create a loop-back UDP socket and add it to the other file handles. Then 
a second thread simply sends a small (or even zero length) UDP packet to 'wake 
up' the first thread.

> regards,
> 

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Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com

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