Re: libpthread missing pthread_mutexattr_setpshared, pthread_condattr_setpshared

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 10:43:42PM +0100, Thomas Klausner wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 10:42:25PM +0100, Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > Not easily. The mutex primitive can't be extended beyond the
> > scope of a process without essentially switching to a completely
> > different implementation.
> 
> So do you see a way to implement libxshmfence (see wip) on NetBSD?

I still haven't even seen a proper description of what it is supposed to
do. The total lack of design is staggering... Most likely a semaphore
should be used for this purpose.

Joerg