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From: "Victor J. Orlikowski" <v.j.orlikowski@gte.net>
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Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:31:23 -0400
To: Aaron Bannert <aaron@ebuilt.com>, David Reid <dreid@jetnet.co.uk>,
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Subject: Re: Conditionals...
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Rather, let's be more clear.

bool held=false;

     acquire(mutex2);
     release(mutex1);
     held=false;
     release(mutex2);
nap: sleep();
     acquire(mutex2);
     if(held) goto nap;
     acquire(mutex1);
     held=true;
     release(mutex2);

That explain it somewhat better? ;)

Victor
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