Espen Skoglund wrote: >[Tiago Jorge] > > >>>The problem is here... my server blocks in the ipc_send when >>>calling flips, but when i remove the call from the client it works >>>fine, meaning that the client is not blocked waiting for ipc to >>>return. My questions are... why can't i do IPC while another one >>>that has nothing to do with my server is blocked? there can be only >>>one ipc call in the whole system at a time? they all must be >>>sequential? >>> >>> > >[Ronald Aigner] > > >>I will try to describe the scenario as I understood it: >>There exist: >>- The Flips Server (F) >>- The Server (S) with one server thread >>- One or more Clients (C1, C2, ...). >> >> > > > >>Now C1 calls S, which receives the message, decodes it, calls your >>server function, makes a call to F and blocks, waiting for the reply >>from F. The C2 tries to call the same server S. >> >> > > > >>If this is correct, then yes, C2 and all following clients will >>block, because the server-thread is blocked waiting for F. >> >> > >I believe the problem was that S blocks (in the send part) when >calling F, but only when a client is waiting for a reply from S. > > eSk > > thats true :)
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