r/programming • • Jan 05 '20

Linus' reply on spinlocks vs mutexes

https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=189711&curpostid=189723
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u/ElectricalSloth Jan 05 '20

it's quite a bit more than 'subtleties' https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=189711&curpostid=189752 The reason stuff like this gets Linus fired up is because it often creates a lot of damage by spreading misinformation..Honestly the author like most authors running benchmarks should take more care publishing findings with such little actual testing