ASpinlockMutex Class Reference

Synchronization primitive that is implemented with atomic values instead of doing syscalls. More...

#include <AUI/Thread/AMutex.h>

Public Member Functions#
void	lock ()
bool	try_lock () noexcept
	Tries to acquire the mutex without blocking.
void	unlock () noexcept
bool	is_locked () const noexcept

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.

Member Function Documentation#

try_lock()#

bool ASpinlockMutex::try_lock ( )

inlinenodiscardnoexcept

Returns

true if the mutex is successfully acquired, false otherwise.

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