ASpinlockMutex#
Synchronization primitive that is implemented with atomic values instead of doing syscalls.
| Header: | #include <AUI/Thread/AMutex.h> |
| CMake: | aui_link(my_target PUBLIC aui::core) |
Detailed Description#
In contrast to a regular mutex, threads will busy-wait (infinitely check for unlocked state) and waste CPU cycles instead of yielding the CPU to another thread with a syscall.
ASpinlockMutex may be faster than a regular mutex in some cases. Use benchmarks to compare.
Public Methods#
try_lock#
Tries to acquire the mutex without blocking.
- Returns
- true if the mutex is successfully acquired, false otherwise.