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From: Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Multithreaded Programming : Always use spinlocks for performance?
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2022 11:38:51 -0700
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Frederick Virchanza Gotham <cauldwell.thomas@gmail.com> writes:
[...]
> void Entry_Point_For_Worker_Thread(void)
> {
>         for (;;)
>         {
>                 while ( false == g_should_process_data );    // <-- This is what I mean when I say 'spin lock'
>
>                 /* Process data */
>         }
> }
[...]

Not relevant to your question, but why would you write
`false == g_should_process_data` rather than `! should_process_data`?

-- 
Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com
Working, but not speaking, for Philips
void Void(void) { Void(); } /* The recursive call of the void */