PISpinlock Class Reference

Lock based on atomic spinning for very short critical sections. More...

#include <pispinlock.h>

Public Member Functions
	PISpinlock ()
	Constructs unlocked spinlock.
	~PISpinlock ()
	Destroy spinlock.
void	lock ()
	Acquires the spinlock, busy-waiting until it becomes free.
void	unlock ()
	Releases the spinlock.

Detailed Description

Lock based on atomic spinning for very short critical sections.

Fast and full-load lock.

PISpinlock provides critical code section defence between several threads. PISpinlock functionality similar to PIMutex, but working on atomic type and lock() method wait with 100% CPU core load.

For automatic lock-unlock use PISpinlockLocker.

Note

Use this type instead of PIMutex when less waiting time is more important than CPU load!