Chapter 9. Thread Synchronization with Kernel Objects
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In the last chapter, we discussed how to synchronize threads using mechanisms that allow your threads to remain in user mode. The wonderful thing about user-mode synchronization is that it is very fast. If you are concerned about your thread’s performance, you should first determine whether a user-mode thread synchronization mechanism will work for you.
Although user-mode thread synchronization mechanisms offer great performance, they do have limitations, and for ...
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