From: Xavier Leroy <xavier.leroy@inria.fr>
To: Basile STARYNKEVITCH <basile@starynkevitch.net>
Cc: caml_list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: [Caml-list] recursive mutexes?
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:55:40 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021111105540.B5171@pauillac.inria.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <15819.54873.817342.980555@hector.lesours>; from basile@starynkevitch.net on Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 04:20:57PM +0100
> Does the Mutex module allow "recursive" mutexes
No. A thread blocks forever if it attempts to lock a mutex it already
locked before.
> (the reference manual is not fully clear on this, and
> it is an important point).
I agree the documentation should be clearer on this point.
> AFAIK some Posix threads accept recursive locking.
Some do, but the POSIX 1003.1c standard specifies non-recursive
mutexes only. There are endless arguments on the usefulness/evilness
of recursive mutexes on comp.programming.threads; the jury is still
out on this one.
Of course, it is not difficult to implement recursive mutexes yourself
on top of normal mutexes. You won't be able to use your recursive
mutexes in conjunction with condition variables, though.
- Xavier Leroy
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