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Most mutexes aren't fair; it's not strictly equivalent to queueing. That said, I agree with your larger point that I don't understand what the author finds reve

Most mutexes aren't fair; it's not strictly equivalent to queueing. That said, I agree with your larger point that I don't understand what the author finds revelatory about this.

jeffbee 2y ago
Maybe not but even spinlocks logically contend this way. For example the Go and Abseil mutex libraries, which are similar, account cycles spun toward contention statistics.
loeg 2y ago
Fairness isn't really relevant to the analysis in the article. I agree with jeffbee.