}
/**
- * Get the Thread that this Thread is waiting on
+ * Get the Thread that this Thread is immediately waiting on
* @return The thread we are waiting on, if any; otherwise NULL
*/
Thread * Thread::waiting_on() const
return (Thread *)pending->get_mutex()->get_state()->locked;
return NULL;
}
+
+/**
+ * Check if this Thread is waiting (blocking) on a given Thread, directly or
+ * indirectly (via a chain of waiting threads)
+ *
+ * @param t The Thread on which we may be waiting
+ * @return True if we are waiting on Thread t; false otherwise
+ */
+bool Thread::is_waiting_on(const Thread *t) const
+{
+ Thread *wait;
+ for (wait = waiting_on(); wait != NULL; wait = wait->waiting_on())
+ if (wait == t)
+ return true;
+ return false;
+}