Daniël Mantione wrote:
no kernel call is necessary. If the lock starts spinning, on uniprocessor it won't be released until the kernel schedules the other thread. This exactly the idea behind kernel futexes, if the lock is not held, no kernel
Aren't futexes 2.6+ only ? Micha _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - fpc-devel@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel