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livelock?

livelock?

Posted Jan 30, 2003 20:49 UTC (Thu) by hensema (guest, #980)
In reply to: livelock? by cpeterso
Parent article: Fast reader/writer locks

Theoretically possible, yes. But this kind of lock is really just meant to be used in situations where relatively little writes are happening. Livelock is thus avoided by programming practice and not by design.


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