On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 15:50:05 -0400, Andrew Langmead <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> [snip]
> The parent downgrades its                         |         The child sleeps for 1 
> sec.
> lock from exclusive to shared                     |
> [snip]
> If you need for the parent to do the tests, then I think you will need
> to acquire the lock within the child, and do some sort of coordination
> between the two. 
> [snip]

Hrm, I guess the confusion is in the "downgrading," as I believed that
the parent was getting a new lock completely.

Thank you for the walkthrough :)

-- 
Ian Langworth
Project Guerrilla
Northeastern University
College of Computer and Information Science
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