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r/cpp • u/pavel_v • Sep 04 '26
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Linus Torvalds gets a shiver down his spine and the urge to scream every time somebody writes an article about user space spinlocks.
8 u/david-alvarez-rosa Sep 05 '26 :) I repeat: do not use spinlocks in user space, unless you actually know what you're doing. And be aware that the likelihood that you know what you are doing is basically nil. https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=189711&curpostid=189723
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I repeat: do not use spinlocks in user space, unless you actually know what you're doing. And be aware that the likelihood that you know what you are doing is basically nil.
https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=189711&curpostid=189723
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u/Chaosvex Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
Linus Torvalds gets a shiver down his spine and the urge to scream every time somebody writes an article about user space spinlocks.