I have the following application which replicates an issue I'm having in a larger application with system v message queues. basically, the main function generates a key, then creates a message queue with msgget(). Then 3 forks are spawned, each with a different id. each of them runs msgrcv with a different posative number (so they are waiting for different messages).
Main then sleeps for a few seconds a sends a message to id = 3. However it isn't the third thread that wakes up but a different one instead. This code is completely isolated so you can try it out yourself. What's wrong with this code?
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/ipc.h>
#include <sys/msg.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
struct dummy_struct {
long mtype;
char message[255];
};
int msg_queue_id;
void recv_thread(int id);
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
int i;
key_t key;
struct dummy_struct dummy = { 3, "hello" };
//create a unique key
if (key = ftok("/mnt/mydocuments/code/sys_v_fork_test/main.c", 'a') == -1)
{
printf("ftok didn't work\n");
exit(1);
}
//create the unix sys 5 message queue
if ((msg_queue_id = msgget(key, 0644 | IPC_CREAT)) == -1)
{
printf("msgget failed\n");
exit(1);
}
else
printf("my message queue id: %i\n", msg_queue_id);
//fork off multiple recievers
for (i = 1; i < 4; i++) // <- NOTE: 1 -> 4
{
if (fork() == 0)
recv_thread(i);
}
printf("sleeping\n");
sleep(5);
//wait a little then send a message
printf("sending message\n");
if (msgsnd(msg_queue_id, &dummy, sizeof(struct dummy_struct), 0) == -1)
{
printf("msgsnd failed\n");
}
printf("main thread exiting");
_exit(0);
}
void recv_thread(int id)
{
struct dummy_struct dummy;
printf("recv_thread with id: %i\n", id);
if (msgrcv(msg_queue_id, &dummy, sizeof(struct dummy_struct), id, 0) == -1)
printf("error in msgrcv\n");
else
printf("thread %i got %s back\n", id, dummy.message);
}
If I wait for 2 that means messages whose struct contains a mtype set to exactly 2. 3 for 3 and so one. My point of reference was this guide: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/ipc/mq.html. Can anyone help please? (you may need to modify the ftok line of code to point to a valid file on your own machine to test successfully). I'm running Fedora 10 on an EeePC 1000H