--- In [email protected], "alisha.cruise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can use a Mutex to solve the problem, > or you can make one thread wait until the other thread finishes its > operation... > > > http://programmingsite.googlepages.com > http://plainthought.googlepages.com > > --- In [email protected], "mikejd42" <mikejd42@> wrote: > > > > I have two threads both kicked off at the same time. Thread one feeds > > information info a structure while thread two reads that information. > > > > I would imagine that there is some kind of thread lock that I can call > > to keep thread 2 at bay until thread one has updated the structure? > > > > TIA > > mike > > >
I need to add more information: Each of the two pthreads are launched from main. Each pthread stays in a infinite loop. One of the pthreads listens on a socket for incoming information from other servers (this could be many) and populates several structures with the information. The second pthread analyzes the information in the structures and if needed updates the other servers. Since both pthread launch at the same time the thread that is analyzing the data could attempt to grab data that is not fully obtained yet which reeks havoc on the computations. I would be able to re-write the routines and call one thread from inside the other but that would eat more processing power in thread creation and destruction. Besides you never know what the future will hold so need to grasp a better understanding of how to control this beast "pthreads". Thanks <mike>
