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24 May 2025

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  • curprev 18:5718:57, 24 May 2025 Martini talk contribs 6,212 bytes +6,212 Created page with "OS/2 for SMP V2.11 provides synchronization and serialization using spinlocks. A spinlock is simply a section of code that executes in a tight loop waiting for a variable to be cleared. ==Spinlocks== The defined mechanism for protection of critical resources in OS/2 MP is a spinlock. A spinlock is a serialization mechanism that is used to restrict access to a critical resource to the owner of the spinlock. Spinlocks are implemented in the LockManager, which is part of..."
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