Re: spinlocks on HP-UX

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 7:19 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> (IOW, +1 for inventing a second macro to use in the delay loop only.)

> Beautiful.  Got a naming preference for that second macro?  I
> suggested TAS_SPIN() because it's what you use when you spin, as
> opposed to what you use in the uncontended case, but I'm not attached
> to that.

I had been thinking TAS_CONTENDED, but on reflection there's not a
strong argument for that over TAS_SPIN.  Do what you will.
        regards, tom lane