>>>>> "Sergei" == Sergei Organov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Sergei> My answer to OP's question is: use either lock (mutex) or
Sergei> semaphore. I'd probably use semaphore as mutexes are
Sergei> usually optimized for the case when contention probability
Sergei> is low (i.e., they usually shouldn't be locked for a long
Sergei> time).
Both Mutexes and Semaphores put the thread to sleep, so I don't think
there will be a big difference.
The OP might also want to check out read/write lock. The first thing
google finds is
http://www.majid.info/mylos/weblog/2004/11/04-1.html
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