Re: [vox-tech] pthread_cond_timedwait and timespec struct

[Richard Cook <rcooMAPSk@llnl.gov>]

Ricardo Anguiano wrote:
> 
> Half a second is pretty short. Are you sure you are just not noticing
> the wait? :) Write a small test program using the same code that waits
> for 5 seconds with printf("go/stop\n")/fflush around the call, or in a
> debugger.
> 
>      anguiano@home:/usr/include$ grep ETIMEDOUT *
>      errno.h:#define ETIMEDOUT       60              /* Operation timed out */

I tried it with a 10 second value in theTimeSpec, and saw no
difference.  I check for return values less than zero and also check
errno every time and errno is always zero.  BTW, checking the return
value for ETIMEDOUT was wrong, I should have been checking errno.  
 
> I don't know pthreads, but checking your arguments would be a good thing
> to do.  What does a debugger tell you about the values of your
> arguments?  Do they match the man page?  I don't see where
> pcbReadyForSorter_cond and sortWaiting_lock are defined or initialized
> or what they should be in order for your code to "block" for .5 seconds.

The args should be ok.  It's not a locks/cond var problem;  I have
similar working code in other places.  My question is specifically about
this function's normal behavior.  It's weird that it doesn't block,
although it is true that cond_wait's can be spuriously woken up under
pthreads standard behavior.  
 
> BTW are you taking Ron Olson's 244?  I highly recomend it if you like
> parallel programming and do not have an aversion to program correctness
> proofs.  I think the class size is small, around 15 so if you aren't
> already there you probably won't get in.

Hmm, strange, I would think a small class size would make it EASIER to
get in...?  Thanks for the tip.

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