Locks

Locks can force other threads needing the same resource to wait even when CPU cores are available. Lock contention reduces throughput as more shared resources depend on locks. Traditional multi-threaded code uses locks to protect shared re…

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Locks can force other threads needing the same resource to wait even when CPU cores are available. Lock contention reduces throughput as more shared resources depend on locks. Traditional multi-threaded code uses locks to protect shared resources.