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clusardi2k
Hello,
I am looking for instructions that do what a mutual exclusive
semaphore does but with some specifiable timeout for SGI and Red
Hat Linux. (I.E.: A Semaphore with a count of 1 but with a timeout)
In other words, I want to know how to guard a critical piece of
code, but I don't want to be forced to wait a long time in a
queue. In other words, I have processes that could go on living
without entering the critical section of code.
Thank you,
Christopher Lusardi
I am looking for instructions that do what a mutual exclusive
semaphore does but with some specifiable timeout for SGI and Red
Hat Linux. (I.E.: A Semaphore with a count of 1 but with a timeout)
In other words, I want to know how to guard a critical piece of
code, but I don't want to be forced to wait a long time in a
queue. In other words, I have processes that could go on living
without entering the critical section of code.
Thank you,
Christopher Lusardi