http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54562
Bug #: 54562 Summary: mutex and condition variable timers Classification: Unclassified Product: gcc Version: 4.7.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P3 Component: libstdc++ AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: zol...@epochcapital.com.au Created attachment 28182 --> http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=28182 std::timed_mutex::try_lock_for test Hello, 1., When using std::timed_mutex::try_lock_for() with high precision timers enabled on Linux the method will return immediately, rather than after the given time duration has elapsed. This is because it uses the CLOCK_MONOTONIC clock (if available on the platform) to calculate the absolute time when it needs to return, which is incorrect as the POSIX pthread_mutex_timedlock() call uses the CLOCK_REALTIME clock, and on my platform the monotonic clock is way behind the real time clock. Please see the attached cpptest.cpp file to reproduce the problem: $ g++-4.7.1 -std=gnu++11 cpptest.cpp -o cpptest $ ./cpptest mutex locked delay: 0 It should have displayed "delay: 3" instead. 2., std::condition_variable uses the std::chrono::system_clock for timed waits, I suggest changing that to std::chrono::high_resolution_clock which has the same precision as the POSIX pthread_cond_timedwait() function. My platform: # uname -a Linux epcau-srv-dev 2.6.33.7-rt29-0.5-rt #1 SMP PREEMPT RT 2010-08-25 19:40:23 +0200 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux # g++-4.7.1 -v Reading specs from /opt/epoch/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.7.1/specs COLLECT_GCC=g++-4.7.1 COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/opt/epoch/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.7.1/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-suse-linux Configured with: ../gcc-4.7.1-mutex/configure --build=x86_64-suse-linux --prefix=/opt/epoch --libdir=/opt/epoch/lib64 --libexecdir=/opt/epoch/lib64 --with-slibdir=/opt/epoch/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.7.1/libgcc/lib64 --with-gxx-include-dir=/opt/epoch/include/c++/4.7.1 --program-suffix=-4.7.1 --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --enable-languages=c++ --disable-nls --disable-libssp --enable-__cxa_atexit --with-system-zlib --enable-gold --with-plugin-ld=/usr/bin/gold --enable-lto --enable-libstdcxx-time=rt --enable-linux-futex --enable-libstdcxx-threads --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new Thread model: posix gcc version 4.7.1 (GCC)