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dalvrosalast Saturday at 9:53 AM1 replyview on HN

Thanks for sharing! Happy to get feedback :)

Note that I don't recommend spinlock for most cases, only when there is a 1:1 mapping between threads and phsycal CPU cores, and only after measuring


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loegyesterday at 11:12 PM

Spinlocks are unsuitable for situations where you can be involuntarily context switched (the vast majority of userspace programs). Probably worth mentioning that.