Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: spinaphore conceptual draft (was discussion of RT patch) | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Sat, 28 May 2005 14:59:05 +0100 |
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Looks like a description of buzz locks used by various user space libraries - spin briefly then assume the other cause of contention is slow (or in user space that we pre-empted it) and be polite.
Alan
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