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Date: | Fri, 27 May 2005 16:28:23 -0400 |
From: | Christopher Faylor <cgf-no-personal-reply-please AT cygwin DOT com> |
To: | cygwin AT cygwin DOT com |
Subject: | Re: pthreads, cygwin and pthread_mutex_lock not blocking |
Message-ID: | <20050527202823.GB4939@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> |
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References: | <44f83c19cc33e4382680fe3758164ccf AT rehley DOT net> |
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On Fri, May 27, 2005 at 10:57:34AM -0700, Peter Rehley wrote: >I'm trying to use pthread in cygwin, and I'm expecting the function >pthread_mutex_lock to block when used. However it is returning error >45 (EDEADLK). I'm using a static initializer for the thread so the >mutex is type PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT. >When I look through the pthread code I see that PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT >is set to PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK, >When I do the same on linux or soloris, the pthread_mutex_lock blocks, >and looking in the pthread.h file on those systems see that the >default is set to PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL. > >Why is cygwin using PTHREAD_MUTEX_ERRORCHECK as the default? And what >problems might occur if PTHREAD_MUTEX_DEFAULT is set to >PTHREAD_MUTEX_NORMAL? Why not just try it and report the results? cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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