I'm new to the boost threads library. I have a situation where I acquire a scoped_lock
in one function and need to wait on it in a callee.
The code is on the lines of:
class HavingMutex
{
public:
...
private:
static boost::mutex m;
static boost::condition_variable *c;
static void a();
static void b();
static void d();
}
void HavingMutex::a()
{
boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(m);
...
b() //Need to pass lock here. Dunno how !
}
void HavingMutex::b(lock)
{
if (some condition)
d(lock) // Need to pass lock here. How ?
}
void HavingMutex::d(//Need to get lock here)
{
c->wait(lock); //Need to pass lock here (doesn't allow direct passing of mutex m)
}
Basically, in function d()
, I need to access the scoped lock I acquired in a()
so that I can wait on it. How do I do that ? (Some other thread will notify).
Or can I directly wait on a mutex instead of a lock ?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks !
Pass it by reference:
void HavingMutex::d(boost::mutex::scoped_lock & lock)
{ // ^ that means "reference"
c->wait(lock);
}