On Tuesday 27 February 2007 06:33, Kostik Belousov wrote: > On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 02:51:41AM +0000, Greg Lehey wrote: > > grog 2007-02-27 02:51:41 UTC > > > > FreeBSD src repository > > > > Modified files: > > share/man/man9 sleep.9 > > Log: > > Add warning about deadlocks created by use of wakeup_one. > > +.Fn wakeup_one > +does not work reliably if more than one process is sleeping on the same > +address; > +in this case it is possible for an unrelated process to be woken. > +This process will ignore the wakeup, and the correct process will never be > +woken. > +.Pp > > Is this a bug (that should be fixed), or some fundamental issue with > wakeup_one() ?
I actually think the paragraph is unclear, because in several place where wakeup_one() is used it does indeed work fine when "more than one process (sic) is sleeping on the same address". -- John Baldwin _______________________________________________ cvs-all@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/cvs-all To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
