Re: [boost] Mutex based on spinlock?

From: Gregory Dai (gregory.dai_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-04 14:15:15

On Feb 3, 2008 5:20 AM, Phil Endecott <spam_from_boost_dev_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> 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.

Your implementation posted on gmane.org is straightforward and efficient!
How does it compare with your latest version?

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

Your impl. is Linux-based, while Neil's is Windows exclusive. Perhaps you
could cooperate with Neil and come up with a joint contribution?

Greg