Subj : Re: Lock Free -- where to start
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Joe Seigh
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 04:22 pm

David Schwartz wrote:
> "Joe Seigh" <jseigh_01@xemaps.com> wrote in message 
> news:XfydndTAWZcgvqHeRVn-jQ@comcast.com...
> 
> 
>>Lock-free is about scalability, not the actual overhead.   If you know 
>>your
>>application will never experience high contention or you don't care about
>>scalability then you should stick with conventional lock based solutions.
> 
> 
>     The point is, locks allow you to avoid high contention (by scheduling 
> tasks that don't contend). Lock free algorithms, in general, force you to 
> suffer through it (by allowing contending tasks to continue attempting to 
> run in parallel).
> 

So you're saying lock based solutions will scale better then lock-free ones?


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Joe Seigh

When you get lemons, you make lemonade.
When you get hardware, you make software.

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