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Software · L2 · Concurrency: Choosing a Synchronization Primitive · flowchart

by @openstemUpdated Software
Need to coordinate threadsJust one critical section, one owner?🔑 MutexLimiting access to N interchangeable resources?🎫 SemaphoreMostly reads, rare writes?📖 Read-write lock⚡ Spin lock — only if the wait is microsecondsYesNoYesNoYesNo

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