Re: [linux-audio-dev] Article about multithreading

[Joe Pfeiffer]

   In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 17 Sep 2001 18:49:52 +0200."
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   >1. circular dependency of resources needed by different processes
   >=> can be solved by imposing a fixed (total) order in which resource
   >   should be acquired

   yes, defining the lock acquisition order is critical if you ever nest
   locks. but its not cheap to impose this order at run-time. hence, its
   a code-development-time, and therefore a programmer-dependent,
   imposition. ergo, it fails sometimes :)

Though it can be detected easily at run-time (you want resource #3?
You've already got #72, so you can't have it).
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