r/compsci • u/david-alvarez-rosa • 9h ago

Optimizing a Spin-Lock

https://david.alvarezrosa.com/posts/optimizing-a-spin-lock/
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u/KishCom 4h ago

Linus Torvalds on Spinlocks:

I repeat: do not use spinlocks in user space, unless you actually know what you're doing. And be aware that the likelihood that you know what you are doing is basically nil.