Exclusion Is Not Always Mutual
June 26th, 2010
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Most embedded software practitioners – sadly, not all – know that some form of what is normally called “Mutual Exclusion” is necessary when a read-write resource is shared among two or more concurrent activities, particularly (but not necessarily only) when test-and-set operations are involved. The expression “Mutual Exclusion” is so entrenched as a generic concept that I feel obliged to use it as such, but sometimes it is anything but mutual. Read more…
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