Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261345AbTKLE06 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:26:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261546AbTKLE06 (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:26:58 -0500 Received: from fmr06.intel.com ([134.134.136.7]:39567 "EHLO caduceus.jf.intel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261345AbTKLE05 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:26:57 -0500 content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6487.1 Subject: RE: pthread condition variables question Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 20:26:53 -0800 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: pthread condition variables question Thread-Index: AcOnvzaOBRGPYyxdTgqg056bgh7MTQBFbR9Q From: "Perez-Gonzalez, Inaky" To: "sankar" , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Nov 2003 04:26:53.0667 (UTC) FILETIME=[332E2B30:01C3A8D5] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 652 Lines: 14 > From: sankar > How is pthread condition variables implemented on linux. Specifically I want > to know how pthread_cond_signal() wakes the waiting thread. Does it send any > specific signal to the waiting thread or is there any other means?? Using futexes (wait queues); http://people.redhat.com/drepper/futex.pdf. I?aky P?rez-Gonz?lez -- Not speaking for Intel -- all opinions are my own (and my fault) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/