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Posted to modules-dev@httpd.apache.org by César Leonardo Blum Silveira <ce...@gmail.com> on 2007/06/22 16:07:16 UTC

APR global mutexes and threads

Do global mutexes work for ensuring mutual exclusion for threads?

Thank you,

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César L. B. Silveira
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Re: APR global mutexes and threads

Posted by Sander Temme <sc...@apache.org>.

On Jun 22, 2007, at 7:07 AM, César Leonardo Blum Silveira wrote:

> Do global mutexes work for ensuring mutual exclusion for threads?

Yes.  If you look at the source code, you'll see that the global  
mutexes cover both inter-thread and inter-process locking.

S.

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Sander Temme
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Re: APR global mutexes and threads

Posted by Aaron Bannert <aa...@clove.org>.

On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 11:07:16AM -0300, César Leonardo Blum Silveira wrote:
> Do global mutexes work for ensuring mutual exclusion for threads?

Yes, they are designed to provide mutual exclusion for both threads
and processes on all APR supported platforms.

-aaron