Subject: Re: Unlocking an unlocked mutex
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/12/2005 22:21:48
On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 11:12:28PM +0200, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 10:12:16PM +0200, Vincent wrote:
> > I was wondering if unlocking an (already) unlocked mutex *really* 
> > deserves an error, or if it could just be turned into a non-fatal 
> > warning or whatever. Obviously, this is not as critical as trying to 
> > unlock another thread's mutex.
> 
> In a better world it would actually be fatal. Just think about it,
> the code has unbalanced critical sections :-)

Indeed, without a core dump the location (in the program) could be hard
to find.

	David

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