>Contention is where mutex implementations show their inequality. Mark was so impressed by Microsoft's SRWLOCK that he went on to recommend Linux and FreeBSD users consider targeting Windows if mutex contention is an issue.
Interesting, I remember reading a detailed article where they found that there's a lot of severe contention in the Windows kernel, compared to Linux. I think it was when they were trying to parallelize Chrome builds?
Interesting, I remember reading a detailed article where they found that there's a lot of severe contention in the Windows kernel, compared to Linux. I think it was when they were trying to parallelize Chrome builds?