It is ongoing work. Killing locks have been a major part of the BEAM VM optimization for the last 10 years, approximately. But doing so correctly takes time. So

It is ongoing work. Killing locks have been a major part of the BEAM VM optimization for the last 10 years, approximately. But doing so correctly takes time. So each part of the system is addressed based on what fruit is the lowest hanging. The contention on `erlang:now()` was irritating, but not impossible to work around.