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http://www.unix.com – Are thread holding spinlocks deletion safe? I mean if say a thread t1 is holding a spinlock, then can an another thread t2 wanting the spinlock delete the thread t1 if t1 is not releasing the spinlock? (HowTos)

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Submitted by ziyi on 07/02/2012 – Made popular on 07/02/2012

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