On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 03:43:26PM +0100, Paul Akkermans wrote:
> Can someody tell me what a spin lock is?

http://www.codeproject.com/threads/spinlocks.asp

Apparently its a method of resource locking used in kernels where a blocked
process constantly polls for the lock to become available, rather than yielding
and waiting for a scheduler or whatever to call it back.


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