muto object.

[Robert Collins]

I'll try finishing the email this time.

What I meant to say was, if this looks ok, it makes muto's a potential
replacement for critical sections on 95 for pthreads, which would be
very good speed wise.

Anyway, I'll draw up a change log and the rest if you want this
included.

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Collins 
> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 12:23 PM
> To: cygwin-developers@cygwin.com
> Cc: cygwin-patches@cygwin.com
> Subject: muto object.
> 
> 
> Chris, 
>   This update to muto handles threads exiting spontaneously without
> releasing the muto properly. I think it fixes the FIXME you have in
> ::release, but as I can't see how release can check for other thread
> activity, it may not have fixed that.
> 
> The logic it uses is:
> if we fail to wait for the event,
> protect ourselves with recover
> check for the thread having died (should be fast - noop basically) and
> if it has aquire the muto anyway.
> 
> There was also a typo in the destructor that could be causing memory
> leaks within process.
> 
> Rob
>