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in reply to Re^3: Recursive locks:killer application. Do they have one? (mu)
in thread Recursive locks:killer application. Do they have one?

I find it hard to imagine how "need to count" can have more than the most trivial of impacts on the efficiency of a mutex.

Independent proof Suck it!

You are almost as bad as sundialsvc4; unfortunately, getting enough monks around here to recognise it is going to be an awful lot harder.


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Re^5: Recursive locks:killer application. Do they have one? (mu)
by tye (Sage) on Jul 16, 2013 at 13:49 UTC

    Too bad that your link doesn't actually contradict my point.

    The need to hit the kernel is not "the need to count".

    - tye