Re: [boost] A fast-pathed rw-mutex algorithm for Boost...

From: Chris Thomasson (cristom_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-10-24 13:54:15

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>> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:03:13 -0700
>> From: "Chris Thomasson" <cristom_at_[hidden]>
>> Subject: Re: [boost] A fast-pathed rw-mutex algorithm for Boost...
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> This can easily be done with atomics and a single 32 bit ref count.

Here is one from Microsoft that uses 32-bit:

http://dotnet.di.unipi.it/Content/sscli/docs/doxygen/clr/vm/rwlock_8cpp.html
http://dotnet.di.unipi.it/Content/sscli/docs/doxygen/clr/vm/rwlock_8h.html

IMHO, it's to complicated when compared to something like my algorithm:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.programming.threads/msg/816a18f5ea5c3bda