alt Hacker NewsSpinlocks are unsuitable for situations where you can be involuntarily context switched (the vast majority of userspace programs). Probably worth mentioning that.
Spinlocks are unsuitable for situations where you can be involuntarily context switched (the vast majority of userspace programs). Probably worth mentioning that.
Unsuitable? Probably depends on your use case. Even a normal end user system shouldn't constantly kick your threads out unless it has enough other things to do to to keep every core busy.