On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote:
> Anyone know if: > > # POSIX semaphores and cross-process pthread mutexes are not > # used by default since they have less desirable behaviour when > # e.g. a process holding the mutex segfaults. > > is still applicable, at least for posix sems? AFAIK, the Solaris-specific recovery logic for cross-process pthread mutexes has been working reliably for a long time, but with the current wind direction APR is choosing fcntl(), which has sysdef implementations on that platform. no clues here about the POSIX semaphores -- Born in Roswell... married an alien...
