Przemyslaw Czerpak wrote: > > Thanks for the info. I was looking at DosCreateMuxWaitSem() but > I cannot find in the documentation any information that I can pass > to this function locked mutex and event semaphore and it will unlock > the mutex waiting for an event or can reset posted event and such > functionality is necessary to avoid race condition so I'm afraid > it will not help us in this case. >
Yes, it will not help, you can pass to it either mutexes or event sems, but not a mix of them. >>> I only do not know how many event semaphores can be allocated per >>> process. The maximal value may reduce number of threads which can >>> be executed simultaneously. I hope it's bigger. If not then we >> --------8<------------- >> There is a system-wide limit of 65536 (64K) shared semaphores (including >> mutex, event, and muxwait semaphores); in addition, each process can have up >> to 65536 (64K) private semaphores. >> -------->8------------- > > It's quite big. I do not think that it's possible to create more > threads executed simultaneously in OS2. 4096 is the maximum number of threads you can have on OS/2 system wide. > > Thank you. > I'll try to make necessary modifications in hbthread.c code but > I will have to ask you to make compilation tests. I still haven't > setup environment for cross OpenWatcom OS2 builds so I cannot even > make simple compilation tests. > I'll do my best to help you and I keep thanking you for your continued support of OS/2. Maurilio. -- __________ | | | |__| Maurilio Longo |_|_|_|____| farmaconsult s.r.l. _______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
