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1998-07-17 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com>
+ * pthread.h (PTHREADS_PROCESS_PRIVATE): Remove.
+ (PTHREAD_PROCESS_SHARED): Likewise. No support for mutexes shared
+ across processes for now.
+ (pthread_mutex_t): Use a Win32 CRITICAL_SECTION type for better
+ performance.
+
* implement.h (_pthread_mutexattr_t): Remove shared attribute.
* mutex.c (pthread_mutexattr_setpshared): This optional function
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primitives. Critical section objects in Win32 cannot be shared
between processes.
(pthread_mutexattr_getpshared): Likewise.
+ (pthread_mutexattr_init): No need to malloc any storage; the
+ attributes structure is now empty.
+ (pthread_mutexattr_destroy): This is now a nop.
+ (pthread_mutex_init): Use InitializeCriticalSection().
+ (pthread_mutex_destroy): Use DeleteCriticalSection().
+ (pthread_mutex_lock): Use EnterCriticalSection().
+ (pthread_mutex_trylock): Use TryEnterCriticalSection(). This is
+ not supported by Windows 9x, but trylock is a hack anyway, IMHO.
+ (pthread_mutex_unlock): Use LeaveCriticalSection().
1998-07-14 Ben Elliston <bje@cygnus.com>