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+[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
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+
+Mach's [[IPC]] mechanism allows for getting access to a message's sequence
+number.
+
+This can be used for serializing requests in a multithreaded environment.
+
+* [GNU Mach Reference Manual: 4.2.6 Message
+ Receive](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/gnumach-doc/Message-Receive.html)
+* [GNU Mach Reference Manual: 4.3.6 Receive
+ Rights](http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/gnumach-doc/Receive-Rights.html)