require_relative '../../spec_helper' require 'thread' describe "ConditionVariable#broadcast" do it "releases all threads waiting in line for this resource" do m = Mutex.new cv = ConditionVariable.new threads = [] r1 = [] r2 = [] # large number to attempt to cause race conditions 100.times do |i| threads << Thread.new(i) do |tid| m.synchronize do r1 << tid cv.wait(m) r2 << tid end end end # wait for all threads to acquire the mutex the first time Thread.pass until m.synchronize { r1.size == threads.size } # wait until all threads are sleeping (ie waiting) Thread.pass until threads.all?(&:stop?) r2.should be_empty m.synchronize do cv.broadcast end threads.each {|t| t.join } # ensure that all threads that enter cv.wait are released r2.sort.should == r1.sort # note that order is not specified as broadcast results in a race # condition on regaining the lock m end end