34 Lock elision

This chapter describes the lock implementation implementation for pthread locks.

• Lock elision introduction: What is lock elision?
• Semantic differences of elided locks
• Tuning lock elision
• Setting elision for individual pthread_mutex_t
• Setting pthread_mutex_t elision using environment variables
• Setting elision for individual pthread_rwlock_t
• Setting pthread_rwlock_t elision using environment variables