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Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2008 11:47:09 +0100
From: "Bart Van Assche" <bart.vanassche@gmail.com>
To: "Michael Dressel" <Michael.Dressel@bruker-biospin.de>
Subject: Re: pthread_mutex_lock hangs on unlocked mutex
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On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Michael Dressel
<Michael.Dressel@bruker-biospin.de> wrote:
> in our software three processes are using several pthread mutexes.

LKML is a mailing list to discuss kernel issues. What you report is
most likely a userspace issue. Please check your application with the
Valgrind tools memcheck, helgrind and/or drd first.

Bart.