[squeak-dev] Problem with fork

Mariano Martinez Peck marianopeck at gmail.com
Wed Jul 1 17:37:07 UTC 2009


Yes, I saw it and that's the reason of my email :)

On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:34 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2009/7/1 Mariano Martinez Peck <marianopeck at gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 1, 2009 at 4:22 PM, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> 2009/7/1 Mariano Martinez Peck <marianopeck at gmail.com>:
> >> > Hi folks! I am doing some benchmarks and I having problems with fork
> (I
> >> > think).
> >> >
> >> > I have this method collect:
> >> >
> >> > collect
> >> > |semaphores tr|
> >> > semaphores := Array new: 10.
> >> > tr := ThreadSafeTranscript new.
> >> > tr open.
> >> > 1 to: 10 do: [ :index | semaphores at: index put: Semaphore
> >> > forMutualExclusion ].
> >> >
> >> >     1 to: 10 do: [:i |
> >> >         [
> >> >         tr show: 'one fork'; cr.
> >> >         (semaphores at: i) signal.
> >> >         ] fork
> >> >     ].
> >> >
> >> >     semaphores do: [:each | each wait ].
> >> >     tr show: 'all forks proccesed'; cr.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > What I want is that the method collect returns when ALL of the forks
> >> > created
> >> > inside, are finished. Obviously in my real code, I don't do a
> transcript
> >> > show: but another thing.
> >> >
> >> > I would expect something like this:
> >> >
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > all forks proccesed
> >> >
> >> > But the output is:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > all forks proccesed
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one forkone fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one forkone fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one fork
> >> > one forkone fork
> >> >
> >> > So, I guess it isn't working :(   I don't know too much about forks so
> >> > any
> >> > help is welcome!
> >> >
> >> > can be a problem with  ThreadSafeTranscript  ? If so, how could I test
> >> > if my
> >> > code is working as expected ?
> >> >
> >>
> >> Mariano, sorry it way my mistake. In example that i gave you on IRC ,
> >> i put Semaphore forMutualExclusion,
> >> while obviously it should be simply: Semaphore new.
> >
> > Sorry, I was having lunch.
> >
> > Igor: I didn't know that sig__ where you :)
>
> see my footer, down below :)
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
>
>
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