semaphores and multithreading

[Julian Elischer]

It is not going to be very helpful but you should upgrade to 5.1
(preferably -current) and try the two new pthread libraries..
(there are now 4)

Threads support (real threads) is one of the main improvements to 5.1


On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Anurag Chaudhary wrote:

> 
> its pthread library on freebsd 5.0 release
> 
> >From: Julian Elischer <julian at elischer.org>
> >To: Anurag Chaudhary <chaudharyanurag at hotmail.com>
> >CC: freebsd-threads at freebsd.org
> >Subject: Re: semaphores and multithreading
> >Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 00:33:02 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >Which thread library are you using?
> >And on what release of the OS?
> >
> >
> >On Wed, 25 Jun 2003, Anurag Chaudhary wrote:
> >
> > > hi
> > >
> > > I am having a multi-threaded application. the child thread has to wait 
> >on a
> > > semaphore but when it does so the parent thread stops responding and 
> >taking
> > > inputs from the keyboard.
> > > I tried changing the scheduling policy and priority of the child thread 
> >but
> > > in vain.
> > > child thread is created with default attributes.
> > > Can anybody figure out some solution for this?
> > >
> > > urgent help required
> > >
> > > thanx
> > > Chaudhary Anurag
> > >
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