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SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
copyrights:
- Copyright (C) 1988, 1998 On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
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glossary-term: SMP locks
glossary-type: term
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  uid: ../general
text: |
  The SMP locks ensure mutual exclusion on the lowest level and are a
  replacement for the sections of disabled interrupts.  Interrupts are
  usually disabled while holding an SMP lock.  They are implemented using
  atomic operations.  Currently a ticket lock is used in RTEMS.
type: glossary