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Wiktionary

  1. n. computing, programming An object in a program that serves as a lock, used to negotiate mutual exclusion among threads.

Etymologies

  1. mutually exclusive (Wiktionary)

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  • “On Solaris and Linux a Parker contains a pthread condvar (named _condvar), mutex (named _mutex), and a volatile integer, _counter, that represents the state of the semaphore.”

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  • “One solution to this is to use a mutex, which is similar to a”

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  • “We call a mutex (mutual exclusion) a semaphore with a value of one.”

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  • “This is accomplished with APR's file-locking code, not on the resource itself but on a stub file of the same name with ". mutex" appended.”

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  • “For example, an object that contains a handle to a Windows kernel object such as a file, process, thread, mutex, event, semaphore, and so on would have no meaning when deserialized into another process or machine since Windows kernel handles are process-relative values.”

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  • “Hi, I had created a mutex for a console application in c# mutex = new Mutex (true, "Global\\" + sExeName, out bCreatedNew); if (bCreatedNew) mutex.”

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  • “Now the flush list has its own mutex, reducing contention with buffer pool operations and making InnoDB faster without any configuration needed on your part.”

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  • “Previously, a single mutex protected different memory areas related to the undo and logging information.”

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  • “Along the same lines, operations involving the buffer pool and the flush list previously were protected by a single mutex, which could cause unnecessary delays.”

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  • “(The buffer pool mutex has historically been very hot, so any other operation that tied up the buffer pool was adding fuel to the fire.)”

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