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SubjectRe: spinlock which can morph into a mutex
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Miquel van Smoorenburg <miquels@cistron.nl> writes:
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> So I probably need a mutex instead of a spinlock, but I want to
> keep minimal overhead for the common case (when no resizing is in
> progress). I think I need a spinlock that can morph into a mutex ..

The standed mutexes already do that by themselves.

-Andi

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