The ability to set a maximum waiting time provides another reason why in some circumstances, you might prefer to use a mutex rather than a lock statement.
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Mutex
//ˈmjuːtɛks//
Synonyms for "mutex" (1 found)
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Finnish
2 entries- muteksi noun (object in a program)
- mutex noun (object in a program)
French
2 entries- exclusion mutuelle noun (object in a program)
- mutex noun (object in a program)
German
2 entries- Mutex noun (object in a program)
- wechselseitiger Ausschluss noun (object in a program)
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Or you can have a single pipe that is mutexed so each thread can only write to the pipe exclusively. Alternatively, you can have each thread put the finished fd in a globally mutexed list.
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