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<h1>Loki::SpinLevelMutex Class Reference</h1><!-- doxytag: class="Loki::SpinLevelMutex" --><code>#include <LevelMutex.h></code>
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<tr><td class="memItemLeft" nowrap align="right" valign="top"><a class="anchor" name="89f6e3f88dd10a5940d53764cf0f29b5"></a><!-- doxytag: member="Loki::SpinLevelMutex::SpinLevelMutex" ref="89f6e3f88dd10a5940d53764cf0f29b5" args="(unsigned int level)" -->
</td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="a00133.html#89f6e3f88dd10a5940d53764cf0f29b5">SpinLevelMutex</a> (unsigned int level)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Constructs a spin-level mutex. <br></td></tr>
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virtual </td><td class="memItemRight" valign="bottom"><a class="el" href="a00133.html#7740e7e636a9513d73891aa874a00777">~SpinLevelMutex</a> (void)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="mdescLeft"> </td><td class="mdescRight">Destructs the mutex. <br></td></tr>
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<hr><a name="_details"></a><h2>Detailed Description</h2>
Implements a spin-loop to wait for the mutex to unlock. Since this class makes the thread wait in a tight spin-loop, it can cause the thread to remain busy while waiting and thus consume CPU cycles. For that reason, this mutex is best used only for very low-level resources - especially resources which do not require much CPU time to exercise. Rule of thumb: Use this only if all actions on the resource consume a very small number of CPU cycles. Otherwise, use the <a class="el" href="a00126.html">SleepLevelMutex</a> instead. <hr>The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:<ul>
<li><a class="el" href="a00158.html">LevelMutex.h</a><li><a class="el" href="a00157.html">LevelMutex.cpp</a></ul>
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