Mutable locks: Combining the best of spin and sleep locks

Summary In this article, we present mutable locks, a synchronization construct with the same semantic of traditional locks (such as spin locks or sleep locks), but with a self‐tuned optimized trade‐off between responsiveness and CPU‐time usage during threads' wait phases. Mutable locks tackle t...

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Published in:	Concurrency and computation Vol. 32; no. 22
Main Authors:	Marotta, Romolo, Tiriticco, Davide, Di Sanzo, Pierangelo, Pellegrini, Alessandro, Ciciani, Bruno, Quaglia, Francesco
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 25.11.2020
Subjects:	locking supports Locks multicore platforms self‐tuning shared‐memory algorithms Sleep Synchronism thread synchronization
ISSN:	1532-0626, 1532-0634
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