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Re: pthread_cond_signal/broadcast: necessary to hold mutex?



Jörg Sonnenberger <joerg%bec.de@localhost> writes:

> On 3/25/26 12:55 AM, Greg Troxel wrote:
>> (You didn't answet the question if the interpretation that the mutex
>> remains locked during and thus after the signal call is correct.)
>
> Neither signal nor broadcast unlocks the mutex. Only cv_wait may
> release the mutex before blocking.

Makes sense but I can't find that in the POSIX text.


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