Re: would a mutex_wait be useful?

[Jean-Yves Migeon <jean-yves.migeon%espci.fr@localhost>]

Matt Thomas wrote:
> On Nov 4, 2008, at 1:34 AM, Adam Hamsik wrote:
> > I would like to ask what is difference between mutex_wait and 
> > cv_timedwait.
>
> before you can do cv_timedwait, you must have locked the mutex.  What 
> happens
> if that mutex is locked for a long period and you want to abort the wait?

How could it happen? Such mutexes are generally used to protect the 
shared data access "monitored" through condvar routines, so it should 
not be acquired for a long time?

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