Re: [boost] Mutex based on spinlock?

From: Phil Endecott (spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-03 08:20:11

Gregory Dai wrote:
> I search "spinlock" @boost.org, which turned up nothing. Anyone aware of
> such an implementation.

A while ago I presented some benchmarks comparing different types of 
mutex including a spinlock.  See e.g. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lib.boost.devel/166875.

My implementations at that time were just ad-hoc code for 
benchmarking.  I've recently been turning it into something more useful 
and will post a message here about it soon.

To make this cross-platform, we really need an implementation of 
atomics like e.g. N2427.

Phil.