diff -r bd29b3e4c72d -r abf2ee553b11 include/boost/interprocess/sync/interprocess_condition.hpp
--- a/include/boost/interprocess/sync/interprocess_condition.hpp	Mon Aug 26 11:00:12 2013 +0200
+++ b/include/boost/interprocess/sync/interprocess_condition.hpp	Tue Aug 27 18:07:27 2013 +0200
@@ -72,13 +72,13 @@
 
    //!If there is a thread waiting on *this, change that
    //!thread's state to ready. Otherwise there is no effect.
-   void notify_one()
-   {  m_condition.notify_one();  }
+   bool notify_one(const boost::posix_time::ptime &abs_time)
+   {  return m_condition.notify_one(abs_time);  }
 
    //!Change the state of all threads waiting on *this to ready.
    //!If there are no waiting threads, notify_all() has no effect.
-   void notify_all()
-   {  m_condition.notify_all();  }
+   bool notify_all(const boost::posix_time::ptime &abs_time)
+   {  return m_condition.notify_all(abs_time);  }
 
    //!Releases the lock on the interprocess_mutex object associated with lock, blocks
    //!the current thread of execution until readied by a call to
diff -r bd29b3e4c72d -r abf2ee553b11 include/boost/interprocess/sync/spin/condition.hpp
--- a/include/boost/interprocess/sync/spin/condition.hpp	Mon Aug 26 11:00:12 2013 +0200
+++ b/include/boost/interprocess/sync/spin/condition.hpp	Tue Aug 27 18:07:27 2013 +0200
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
    spin_condition();
    ~spin_condition();
 
-   void notify_one();
-   void notify_all();
+   bool notify_one(const boost::posix_time::ptime &abs_time);
+   bool notify_all(const boost::posix_time::ptime &abs_time);
 
    template <typename L>
    bool timed_wait(L& lock, const boost::posix_time::ptime &abs_time)
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
    spin_mutex  m_enter_mut;
    volatile boost::uint32_t    m_command;
    volatile boost::uint32_t    m_num_waiters;
-   void notify(boost::uint32_t command);
+   bool notify(boost::uint32_t command, const boost::posix_time::ptime &abs_time);
 };
 
 inline spin_condition::spin_condition()
@@ -114,29 +114,35 @@
    //Trivial destructor
 }
 
-inline void spin_condition::notify_one()
+inline bool spin_condition::notify_one(const boost::posix_time::ptime &abs_time)
 {
-   this->notify(NOTIFY_ONE);
+   return this->notify(NOTIFY_ONE, abs_time);
 }
 
-inline void spin_condition::notify_all()
+inline bool spin_condition::notify_all(const boost::posix_time::ptime &abs_time)
 {
-   this->notify(NOTIFY_ALL);
+   return this->notify(NOTIFY_ALL, abs_time);
 }
 
-inline void spin_condition::notify(boost::uint32_t command)
+inline bool spin_condition::notify(boost::uint32_t command,
+	                               const boost::posix_time::ptime &abs_time)
 {
    //This mutex guarantees that no other thread can enter to the
    //do_timed_wait method logic, so that thread count will be
    //constant until the function writes a NOTIFY_ALL command.
    //It also guarantees that no other notification can be signaled
    //on this spin_condition before this one ends
-   m_enter_mut.lock();
+
+   //Fix the situation where one process dies while having m_enter_mut locked
+   //by providing a timeout on the lock call
+   if(!m_enter_mut.timed_lock(abs_time)){
+	  return false;
+   }
 
    //Return if there are no waiters
    if(!atomic_read32(&m_num_waiters)) {
       m_enter_mut.unlock();
-      return;
+      return true;
    }
 
    //Notify that all threads should execute wait logic
@@ -150,6 +156,7 @@
    }
 */
    //The enter mutex will rest locked until the last waiting thread unlocks it
+   return true;
 }
 
 template<class InterprocessMutex>