diff --git a/uppsrc/Core/src.tpp/SpinLock$en-us.tpp b/uppsrc/Core/src.tpp/SpinLock$en-us.tpp index 3e2d51d19..36e7690d8 100644 --- a/uppsrc/Core/src.tpp/SpinLock$en-us.tpp +++ b/uppsrc/Core/src.tpp/SpinLock$en-us.tpp @@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ topic "SpinLock"; oveable][3 <][*3 SpinLock][3 >_]&] [s2;%% Lightweight busywaiting synchronization lock. Unlike Mutex, SpinLock waits in a loop until resource becomes available, thus -avoiding costs of system call at the price of active wating. -SpinLock methods are also usually inlined (and trivial). SpinLock -is [* not] reentrant and also [* not] fair (if more threads are waiting -on the same SpinLock, the order of acquiring it is not specified).&] +avoiding costs of contention system context switch at the price +of active waiting. SpinLock methods are also usually inlined +(and trivial). SpinLock is [* not] reentrant and also [* not] fair +(if more threads are waiting on the same SpinLock, the order +of acquiring it is not specified).&] [s3; &] [ {{10000F(128)G(128)@1 [s0;%% [* Public Method List]]}}&] [s3; &]