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Alex on Linux · May 17, 2009

pthread mutex vs pthread spinlock

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Update 06/16/2009: On several occasions, commentators to this article pointed out that this essay is somewhat incomplete. Therefore, before I continue, I would like to make some things clear. Before considering the code below, please note that spinlocks are totally useless on uni-processor computers. This is due to a nature of spinlocks, which I will describe in future essays. Also, it is not the…

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