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Yep, that's the underlying principle behind Mellor-Crummey Spinlock: https://lwn.net/Articles/590243/ https://lwn.net/Articles/590243/.
by xtacy 7y ago
Yep, that's the underlying principle behind Mellor-Crummey Spinlock: https://lwn.net/Articles/590243/ https://lwn.net/Articles/590243/.
- elteto 7y agoYes! The MCS spinlock, the name eluded me. The paper is actually a pretty good read (it is linked in the lwn article).