4 #include <condition_variable>
6 std::mutex contended_mutex
;
8 std::mutex control_mutex
;
9 std::condition_variable control_condition
;
11 std::mutex thread_started_mutex
;
12 std::condition_variable thread_started_condition
;
14 // This function runs in a thread. The locking dance is to make sure that
15 // by the time the main thread reaches the pthread_join below, this thread
16 // has for sure acquired the contended_mutex. So then the call_me_to_get_lock
17 // function will block trying to get the mutex, and only succeed once it
18 // signals this thread, then lets it run to wake up from the cond_wait and
22 lock_acquirer_1 (void)
24 std::unique_lock
<std::mutex
> contended_lock(contended_mutex
);
26 // Grab this mutex, that will ensure that the main thread
27 // is in its cond_wait for it (since that's when it drops the mutex.
29 thread_started_mutex
.lock();
30 thread_started_mutex
.unlock();
32 // Now signal the main thread that it can continue, we have the contended lock
33 // so the call to call_me_to_get_lock won't make any progress till this
34 // thread gets a chance to run.
36 std::unique_lock
<std::mutex
> control_lock(control_mutex
);
38 thread_started_condition
.notify_all();
40 control_condition
.wait(control_lock
);
45 call_me_to_get_lock (int ret_val
)
47 control_condition
.notify_all();
48 contended_mutex
.lock();
59 std::unique_lock
<std::mutex
> thread_started_lock(thread_started_mutex
);
61 std::thread
thread_1(lock_acquirer_1
);
63 thread_started_condition
.wait(thread_started_lock
);
66 control_mutex
.unlock();
68 // Break here. At this point the other thread will have the contended_mutex,
69 // and be sitting in its cond_wait for the control condition. So there is
70 // no way that our by-hand calling of call_me_to_get_lock will proceed
71 // without running the first thread at least somewhat.
73 int result
= call_me_to_get_lock(get_int());