iMSTK: imstk::ParallelUtils::SpinLock Class Reference

Public Member Functions
	SpinLock ()
	Default constructor, initializes the atomic_flag member to memory_order_release state.

	SpinLock (const SpinLock &)
	Copy constructor, must be implemented as an empty function because the member variable of type std::atomic_flag has copy constructor deleted. In addition, the constructor initializes the atomic_flag member to memory_order_release state.

void	lock ()
	Start a thread-safe region, where only one thread can execute at a time until a call to the unlock function.

void	unlock ()
	End a thread-safe region.

Detailed Description

The SpinLock class.

A SpinLock is a light weight mutex, which can be safely locked and unlocked exclusively by only one thread at a time

Definition at line 20 of file imstkSpinLock.h.

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