Sorry I did not finish the thing and got posted accidentally For example, I have two thread sharing a global shared memory variable as below. The variable shmPtr->status is protected with mutex lock in both the function. Though there is a sleep(1/2) between mutex lock inside "for loop" in the task1 function , I could not access the shmPtr->status in task2 when required and have to wait until "for loop" exit in the task1 function, this takes around 50 seconds to take control of shmPtr->status by the task2 function.
I am wondering why the task1 function is not releasing the mutex lock even with an sleep(1/2). thr_id1 = pthread_create ( &p_thread1, NULL, (void *)execution_task1, NULL ); thr_id2 = pthread_create ( &p_thread2, NULL, (void *)execution_task2, NULL ); void execution_task1() { for(int i = 0;i < 100;i++) { //100 lines of application code running here pthread_mutex_lock(&lock); shmPtr->status = 1; //shared memory variable pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock); sleep(1/2); } } void execution_task2() { //100 lines of application code running here pthread_mutex_lock(&lock); shmPtr->status = 0; //shared memory variable pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock); sleep(1/2); } Regards, NK On Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 12:55:48 PM UTC+5:30 Niresh wrote: > Hi, > > I am using beagle Bone Black with debian image. Could any please suggest > how to optimize the application code using pthread_mutex_lock. Let me > describe the solution I am looking at. > > For example, I have two thread sharing a global shared memory variable as > below > > thr_id1 = pthread_create ( &p_thread1, NULL, (void *)execution_task1, NULL > ); > thr_id2 = pthread_create ( &p_thread2, NULL, (void *)execution_task2, NULL > ); > > void execution_task1() > { > > for(int i = 0;i < 100;i++) > { > pthread_mutex_lock(&lock); > shmPtr->status = 1; > pthread_mutex_unlock(&lock); > sleep(1/2); > } > } > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/1d7fc600-e5da-4fbc-b26a-fa1f0c3a3514n%40googlegroups.com.