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Locking in WebKit
We recently replaced all spinlocks, OS-provided mutexes, and condition variables in WebKit with the new WTF::Lock and WTF::Condition — these new primitives have some cool properties.
- Points
- 121
- HN comments
- 74
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- 2
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- 14 commenters
Web & FrontendSoftware Engineering2016
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 2016 | Locking in WebKit by pizlonator | 121 | 40 |
| Dec 17, 2018 | Locking in WebKit (2016) by mpweiher | 72 | 34 |
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Linked from 17 Hacker News comments by 14 different people, from Jun 2016 to May 2026.
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- sanxiyn · May 19, 2026
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