#include #include #include #include pthread_mutex_t contended_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; pthread_mutex_t control_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; pthread_cond_t control_condition; pthread_mutex_t thread_started_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER; pthread_cond_t thread_started_condition; // This function runs in a thread. The locking dance is to make sure that // by the time the main thread reaches the pthread_join below, this thread // has for sure acquired the contended_mutex. So then the call_me_to_get_lock // function will block trying to get the mutex, and only succeed once it // signals this thread, then lets it run to wake up from the cond_wait and // release the mutex. void * lock_acquirer_1 (void *input) { pthread_mutex_lock (&contended_mutex); // Grab this mutex, that will ensure that the main thread // is in its cond_wait for it (since that's when it drops the mutex. pthread_mutex_lock (&thread_started_mutex); pthread_mutex_unlock(&thread_started_mutex); // Now signal the main thread that it can continue, we have the contended lock // so the call to call_me_to_get_lock won't make any progress till this // thread gets a chance to run. pthread_mutex_lock (&control_mutex); pthread_cond_signal (&thread_started_condition); pthread_cond_wait (&control_condition, &control_mutex); pthread_mutex_unlock (&contended_mutex); return NULL; } int call_me_to_get_lock () { pthread_cond_signal (&control_condition); pthread_mutex_lock (&contended_mutex); return 567; } int main () { pthread_t thread_1; pthread_cond_init (&control_condition, NULL); pthread_cond_init (&thread_started_condition, NULL); pthread_mutex_lock (&thread_started_mutex); pthread_create (&thread_1, NULL, lock_acquirer_1, NULL); pthread_cond_wait (&thread_started_condition, &thread_started_mutex); pthread_mutex_lock (&control_mutex); pthread_mutex_unlock (&control_mutex); // Break here. At this point the other thread will have the contended_mutex, // and be sitting in its cond_wait for the control condition. So there is // no way that our by-hand calling of call_me_to_get_lock will proceed // without running the first thread at least somewhat. call_me_to_get_lock(); pthread_join (thread_1, NULL); return 0; }