Re: How to tell if thread owns critical section?

From:
"Heinz Ozwirk" <SPAMhozwirk@arcor.de>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Sat, 2 Jun 2007 11:48:03 +0200
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"George" <JungleGeorge@newsgroup.nospam> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Hello all,

I have an app where I run a variable number of identical threads. In order
to use "try-throw-catch" error handling I have "wrapped" the WorkerBee
threads in the following function:

void WorkerBeeWrapper(LPVOID lpParam)
{
EnterCriticalSection(&cs);

try
{
 WorkerBee( MYWORKSPACE* lpParam );
}
catch(char* str)
{
 // process errors I define
}
catch( ... )
{
 // process other errors
}

// problem is here ...
LeaveCriticalSection(&cs);
}

The WorkerBee() function enters and exits the same critical section as it
does it's job. My problem is this: How to tell in the WorkerBeeWrapper()
function whether or not the ending thread owns the critical section.
Because
there may be an error exit, I do not know.


If your WorkerBee function enters a critical section, it should also leave
it before it returns, no matter how it returns (reching the end of the
function, reaching a return statement, throwing an exception or whatever.
Using wrappers like CCriticalSection and CSingleLock might help. If a
function sometimes returns while still inside a critical section and
sometimes not, you should think about re-designing your code. But don't mess
around with internal data of critical sections or any other system objects.
Your program already causes enough headache, there is no need to add another
one.

    Heinz

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