spinlock

README

spinlock

A spinlock implementation for Go.

It shares the same interface as sync.Mutex, and is intended to be used to synchronize exceptionally short lived operations.

Install

go get -u github.com/tidwall/spinlock

Contact

Josh Baker @tidwall

License

SpinLock source code is available under the MIT License.

Documentation

Index

• type Locker
  • func (l *Locker) Lock()
  • func (l *Locker) Unlock()

Types

type Locker

type Locker struct {
	// contains filtered or unexported fields
}

Locker is a spinlock implementation.

A Locker must not be copied after first use.

func (*Locker) Lock

func (l *Locker) Lock()

Lock locks l. If the lock is already in use, the calling goroutine blocks until the locker is available.

func (*Locker) Unlock

func (l *Locker) Unlock()

Unlock unlocks l.