Re: boost::mutex - are lock attempts queued?

Fei Liu wrote:
> lock attempts are never queued. lock is acquired when a lock is not 
> bound and a thread attempts to acquire it.

Hmm... I'm not sure what the C++ standardization committee is about to 
implement, but the "basis" for that implementation in boost seems to be 
queueing lock attempts:

- thread a gets a lock on mutex m
- thread b attempts to acquire a lock on m, and locks
- thread a unlocks m
- thread b now gets the lock on m and proceeds

That's how it is behaving. Just for the record :)

Best Regards,

    Lars