Re: [boost] [thread] best practice to lock multiple mutexes

From: Howard Hinnant (hinnant_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-02-10 10:36:38

On Feb 10, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Anthony Williams wrote:

> Conclusion:
>
> Lock in order is always worse than try-and-back-off, sometimes  
> considerably so.
>
> Adding yield() to try-and-back-off helps with some mutex  
> implementations, and is
> effectively a no-op in others, so is worth adding.

Thanks much for the research (and previously stated theories) Anthony!

-Howard