id summary reporter owner description type status milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc 13162 Sharable Lock And Upgradable Lock documentation anonymous Ion Gaztañaga "http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_64_0/doc/html/interprocess/synchronization_mechanisms.html#interprocess.synchronization_mechanisms.sharable_upgradable_mutexes.sharable_upgradable_locks The documentation of the interprocess sharable and upgradable locks state that ""Boost.Interprocess mutexes are best used with the scoped_lock utility, and this class only offers exclusive locking."". Then goes on to explain to use sharable_lock and upgradable_lock. Then shows some examples; but the example for a timed lock is wrong or misleading: { boost::posix_time::ptime abs_time = ... //This will call timed_lock_sharable() scoped_lock lock(sh_or_up_mutex, abs_time); //Check if the mutex has been successfully locked if(lock){ //Some code } //If the mutex was locked it will be unlocked } The example basically says that the scoped_lock will acquire a sharable lock (saying that it will call timed_lock_sharable())! This should read ""sharable_lock<..."" instead of ""scoped_lock<..."" same with upgradable lock." Bugs new To Be Determined interprocess Boost 1.64.0 Not Applicable boost docs