[Info-vax] VMS process communication

Robert A. Brooks FIRST.LAST at vmssoftware.com
Tue Sep 13 19:23:14 EDT 2022


On 9/13/2022 4:52 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 9/13/2022 12:08 PM, Lee Gleason wrote:

>> And event flags and locks?
  
> 
> While some things can be used for simple communications, I'd expect 
> much more from "communication".  But yeah, a simple True/False can
> be considered communication.
Lock value blocks can pass up to 16 bytes of data, or 64 bytes if using extended lock value blocks.

Shadowing driver is a heavy consumer of locks and lock value blocks.

-- Rob





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