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Re:Mutexes are faster than Spinlocks by xtacy on Saturday January 04, 2020 @11:10AM (#21955633)
Yep, that's the underlying principle behind Mellor-Crummey Spinlock: https://lwn.net/Articles/590243/.
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Re:Mutexes are faster than Spinlocks by elteto on Saturday January 04, 2020 @11:39AM (#21955795)
Yes! The MCS spinlock, the name eluded me. The paper is actually a pretty good read (it is linked in the lwn article).
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