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On 2021-01-09 11:23, Thomas Koenig via Cygwin wrote:
> there is a branch of gfortran for implementing coarrays based on a
> shared memory implementation instead of MPI, the devel_coarray/native
> branch.
> 
> I tried it out on Cygwin, but it doesn't work there (hangs on the
> first sync).
> 
> The branch uses pthread mutexes and condition variables
> with PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED for synchronization between processes.
> 
> I also ran the attached test program, which gave the output
> 
> pthread_mutexattr_setpshared(&mattr, PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED)failed: No error
> 
> 
> Is it correct that PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED is not supported on
> Cygwin?  Is it supported for condition variables, or is the fact
> that it is reported as working an oversight?

The function is supported but that parameter is not implemented or tested and 
returns EINVAL:

https://sourceware.org/git?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=blob;f=winsup/cygwin/thread.cc;hb=HEAD#l16

https://sourceware.org/git?p=newlib-cygwin.git;a=blob;f=winsup/cygwin/thread.cc;hb=HEAD#l1889

> If PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED does not work, are there known workarounds?

If you have the ability and time to work on this, one of the Cygwin 
developers/maintainers may be able to assist.

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