MCS locks and qspinlocks

Posted Mar 25, 2014 1:47 UTC (Tue) by joern (guest, #22392)
In reply to: MCS locks and qspinlocks by kevinm
Parent article: MCS locks and qspinlocks

The array is not for processes holding a lock, but for processes sleeping on a lock. If it were for processes holding a lock, it wouldn't even be sufficient for regular spinlocks.