Hi,
Can anyone who knows well explain with example
of what is spinlock?
I googled and went through some of the docs
which I could get. But I am not clear with them.
Something like the following it says.
spinlock like a semaphore but has no process list. And when
a process finds a lock closed by another process, its "spins"
around repeatedly, executing a tight instruction loop until the lock
becomes open.
I dont especially understand what is spinning and executing a
right instruction loop.
An explanation and perhaps a small example or algorithmic code
would be very helpful.
Thanks
carti
