Subj : Re: Lock Free -- where to start
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Markus Elfring
Date : Sat Oct 01 2005 08:45 pm

>     No, that's not true. Blocking on a lock is going to help performance
> because useful work will be done until it's possible for the blocked thread
> to run without contention. Blocking on a lock is good because it allows
> contention to be avoided.

Do you also consider the cases like signal handling where locks can not be used?

Regards,
Markus

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