<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 --> <!--X-Subject: [MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions --> <!--X-From-R13: Xbry Rvyyba <rzvylNpbeaubyvb.arj.bk.np.hx> --> <!--X-Date: Sat, 5 May 1998 00:17:26 -0700 --> <!--X-Message-Id: Pine.LNX.3.96.980505140527.684B-100000#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk --> <!--X-Content-Type: text/plain --> <!--X-Reference: 199805042352.BAA05944#xs1,simplex.nl --> <!--X-Head-End--> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <html> <head> <title>MUD-Dev message, [MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</title> <!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" --> <link rev="made" href="mailto:emily#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk"> </head> <body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000"> <font size="+4" color="#804040"> <strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong> </font> <br> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] <br clear=all><hr> <!--X-Body-Begin--> <!--X-User-Header--> <!--X-User-Header-End--> <!--X-TopPNI--> Date: [ <a href="msg00386.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00389.html">Next</a> ] Thread: [ <a href="msg00383.html">Previous</a> | <a href="msg00557.html">Next</a> ] Index: [ <A HREF="author.html#00388">Author</A> | <A HREF="#00388">Date</A> | <A HREF="thread.html#00388">Thread</A> ] <!--X-TopPNI-End--> <!--X-MsgBody--> <!--X-Subject-Header-Begin--> <H1>[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</H1> <HR> <!--X-Subject-Header-End--> <!--X-Head-of-Message--> <UL> <LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Subject</em>: [MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</LI> <LI><em>From</em>: Joel Dillon <<A HREF="mailto:emily#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk</A>></LI> <LI><em>Date</em>: Tue, 5 May 1998 14:08:00 +0100 (BST)</LI> <LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI> <LI><em>Sender</em>: "Petidomo List Agent -- Kanga.Nu version" <<A HREF="mailto:petidomo#kanga,nu">petidomo#kanga,nu</A>></LI> </UL> <!--X-Head-of-Message-End--> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin--> <HR> <!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End--> <!--X-Body-of-Message--> <PRE> On Tue, 5 May 1998, Felix A. Croes wrote: > Jon A. Lambert <jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com> wrote: > >[...] > > Trivia note: My terminology "spin-lock" comes from IBM's MVS/ESA > > architecture. MVS uses spin-locking in its page locking scheme > > to implement shared memory. I was under the impression that a spinlock (from Posix threads/parallel processing terminology) was a mutex which was locked by repeatedly trying to grab the mutex for a short period of time (useful only on parallel processing machines where grabbing a new processor outweighs the extra CPU cycles expended on the old one). Jo -- MUD-Dev: Advancing an unrealised future. </PRE> <!--X-Body-of-Message-End--> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>: <ul> <li><strong><A NAME="00557" HREF="msg00557.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</A></strong> <ul compact><li><em>From:</em> "Jon A. 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Croes <a href="mailto:felix#xs1,simplex.nl">felix#xs1,simplex.nl</a>, Mon 04 May 1998, 17:25 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00383" HREF="msg00383.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 04 May 1998, 20:20 GMT </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00388" HREF="msg00388.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</A></strong>, Joel Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#cornholio,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Tue 05 May 1998, 07:17 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00557" HREF="msg00557.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</A></strong>, Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Wed 13 May 1998, 21:32 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00386" HREF="msg00386.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</A></strong>, Felix A. Croes <a href="mailto:felix#xs1,simplex.nl">felix#xs1,simplex.nl</a>, Tue 05 May 1998, 06:25 GMT <UL> <LI><strong><A NAME="00464" HREF="msg00464.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</A></strong>, J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#under,engr.sgi.com">claw#under,engr.sgi.com</a>, Thu 07 May 1998, 22:58 GMT </LI> </UL> </LI> <LI><strong><A NAME="00433" HREF="msg00433.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: atomic functions</A></strong>, Felix A. Croes <a href="mailto:felix#xs1,simplex.nl">felix#xs1,simplex.nl</a>, Wed 06 May 1998, 19:37 GMT </LI> </ul> </LI> </UL></BLOCKQUOTE> </ul> <hr> <center> [ <a href="../">Other Periods</a> | <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a> | <a href="/search.php3">Search</a> ] </center> <hr> </body> </html>