Doubts about the shared memory implementation.

[isaisa]

Hi All,
I am not very clear about the implementation .... My doubt is when to use semephores , mutexes, critical section , pipes while implementing interprocess communicartion ????

can someone explain or give me link which provide this information ???

thanks in advance ....

sanjay

 

[Cagliostro]

semaphores and mutexes are used for interprocess synchronization. Semaphores are only for synchronization but mutexes are for resource counting + synchronization. pipes and sockets can be used for interprocess communication. There also could be used messages and files.
Critical section is the simpliest object for synchronization. It is used to synchronize threads inside a process. For more information you cak look in msdn.microsoft.com and a google search will also be very helpful.

Ion Filipski