Is calling the Wait()
method of sync.Cond
safe when according to the documentation, it performs an Unlock()
first?
Assume we are checking for a condition to be met:
func sample() {
cond = &sync.Cond{L: &sync.Mutex{}} // accessible by other parts of program
go func() {
cond.L.Lock()
for !condition() {
cond.Wait()
}
// do stuff ...
cond.L.Unlock()
}()
go func() {
cond.L.Lock()
mutation()
cond.L.Unlock()
cond.Signal()
}()
}
And:
func condition() bool {
// assuming someSharedState is a more complex state than just a bool
return someSharedState
}
func mutation() {
// assuming someSharedState is a more complex state than just a bool
// (A) state mutation on someSharedState
}
Since Wait()
performs an Unlock
, should (A) has a locking of it's own? Or being atomic?