Re: pthread mutex question

[Arve Knudsen]

Its C++, but you could have a look at the boost::thread::timed_mutex 
(www.boost.org) implementation, which makes use of pthread_cond_timedwait.

Regards

Arve Knudsen

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 16:43:14 -0800, sankar <san_madhav@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
> I am looking for an idea as to how to implement timed mutex using pthread
> libraries on linux.
> Basically I want to associate a timeout value with the wait function i,e
> pthread_mutex_lock() which returns once the timeout expires instaed of
> waiting for ever.
> Pls help
>
> thx..
>
> Sankarshana M
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