Mutex questions

Venkatesh Srinivas me at endeavour.zapto.org
Sat Apr 10 08:03:11 PDT 2010


Hi,Why are there mtx_spinlock_ex / mtx_spinlock_sh, when spin_lock_rd / spin_lock_wr exist?Also, if I'm writing new code, why might I want to use lockmgr locks vs mtx_* locks (or vice versa)?

Thanks,-- vs





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