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On Thu, 6 May 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: > Thanks, but, I see that you're using busy loops. I use those in places > where I have no choice but to do so or when the potential for a race is > unlikely. > > I don't think that this is really a situation that qualifies for either. > It seems like a muto is a cleaner choice here. Sorry for the delay; my free time has been in short supply lately. I can't seem to make a muto fit this situation cleanly since it would have to be acquired and released by the same thread. Maybe I missed something obvious, but I think the attached patch addresses the root of your objection to the previous patch. 2004-05-13 Brian Ford <ford@vss.fsi.com> * window.cc (window_started): Make NO_COPY. (gethwnd): Fix initialization race. (window_init): New function to initialize window_started. * winsup.h (window_init): Prototype it. * dcrt0.cc (dll_crt0_1): Call it. -- Brian Ford Senior Realtime Software Engineer VITAL - Visual Simulation Systems FlightSafety International the best safety device in any aircraft is a well-trained pilot...
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