Re: [linux-audio-dev] sysv semaphores instead of pipes

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Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] sysv semaphores instead of pipes
From: Simon Per Soren Kagedal (simon_AT_cs.uoregon.edu)
Date: Tue Jun 26 2001 - 15:40:10 EEST


On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 11:05:19AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote:

> the problem with semaphores is that Unix/POSIX semantics don't allow
> integration of a process sleeping on an file descriptor and a
> semaphore (one of the few areas where Windows definitely improves upon
> Unix). this would mean adding yet another thread that just sleeps on

Would it be at all possible to use SysV IPC for everything? (Just a
curious thought.)

Simon.


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