Re: [ECOS] reentrant mutex

[Jonathan Larmour <jifl at eCosCentric dot com>]

mark_lee_hamilton at att dot net wrote:
> Will reentrant mutex support be added in the near future? I ask because this 
> functionality is currently missing in 2.0 beta. I scanned through the email 
> archives and noticed that topic was brought up a while back. There didn't seem 
> to be much of a desire to support a reentrant mutex. I'm hoping that there has 
> been a change of heart on the topic. 

I think it's unlikely we'd want to make existing mutexes recursive, but as 
indeed one of the threads in the past mentioned, some separate recursive 
mutex type could be added.

Whether or not "strategically" such a patch would be accepted in the 
sources I'll leave to Nick G though. Personally I'm keen as the kernel is 
meant to be more than just basic primitives, but a box of tools to make 
development easier.

Jifl
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