Re: Allocator thread safety question
- From: Mike Pall <mike-1403@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: luajit@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 00:30:17 +0100
Richard Hundt wrote:
> I saw the following note on in the LuaLanes docs:
>
> <quote>
> Lanes wraps all calls to the state's allocator function inside a mutex.
> Useful when running Lanes with LuaJIT, whose allocator is not threadsafe.
> </quote>
>
> Is the remark about thread safety correct, or are they talking about
> older versions?
That's nonsense and has never been true. Each LuaJIT state creates
a separate allocator state, so there are no thread-safety issues.
--Mike
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