Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 May 1999 16:48:13 -0400 (EDT) | From | <> | Subject | Re: Oops assist... |
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On Fri, 7 May 1999, Manfred Spraul wrote: > > And: if we deserialize the filesystem, this will often fail, > because the 'kill thread' might cause a lost semaphore, and thus > a deadlock. >
OK, I've not taken any Computer Science or anything =)... What exactly is a semaphore? I see that word a lot. Just wondering. =)
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