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Questions tagged spinlock

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When should one use a spinlock instead of mutex?

synchronization mutex spinlock
asked 2011-05-03T13:01:26.833
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Equivalent of x86 PAUSE instruction for PPC

powerpc spinlock
asked 2011-03-24T21:05:10.293
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What exactly are "spin-locks"?

spinlock
asked 2009-12-24T08:34:20.880