Neither apr_proc_mutex or apr_global_mutex seem to work under Linux. I created a simple single instance case where I created a named mutex in an test program and paused. I started a second instance and I was granted the mutex. The lock is not holding.
Daniel -----Original Message----- From: Michael Vergoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 4:48 AM To: Daniel May Subject: Re: cross-process, named mutex hi, it's little difficult to make a mutex global in Apache. in normal case you may create a shared map with apr_mmap_create() ... and store the mutex in it with apr_proc_mutex(). now you can used the apr global mutex api to do that with apr_global_mutex_create(). you may have a look at the file srclib/apr/locks/unix/global_mutex.c and at srclib/apr/test/testglobalmutex.c. - michael Le 15 nov. 05 à 05:35, Daniel May a écrit : > Is there any way under APR Linux to create a cross-process, named > Mutex > ? Under Win32, I simply call CreateMutex() with a name. Do I have to > create a piece of shared mem and store the pthreads mutex ? > > Daniel May > > > > > >
