Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Compiling C++ modules | From | Valdis.Kletnieks@vt ... | Date | Tue, 25 Apr 2006 14:08:34 -0400 |
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On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 20:53:01 +0300, Avi Kivity said:
> Additionally, C++ guarantees that if an exception is thrown after > spin_lock() is called, then the spin_unlock() will also be called. > That's an interesting mechanism by itself.
Gaak. So let me get this straight - We lock something, then we hit an exception because something corrupted the lock. Then we *unlock* it so more code can trip over it.
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