Re: [boost] [thread] condition::notify with unlocked mutex

Anthony Williams wrote:

I believe the following is a valid scenario:

Thread A:

WaitForSingleObject(hSemaphore) // blocks

Thread B:

ReleaseSemaphore(hSemaphore,1)

Thread C:

WaitForSingleObject(hSemaphore) // returns immediately

Thread A still blocked

I can't remember where I got this impression, and I may be wrong.

No, you're absolutely right. This is something that, for example, The Old New Thing had an article about. Sebastian Redl