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On 6/29/13 9:16 PM, Julian Elischer wrote:
> thanks!
>
>
>> -If the owner is not currently actually running then the spin step 
>> is skipped.
>> +then a thread attempting to acquire the mutex will spin rather 
>> than yielding
>> +the processor.
Am I wrong in thinking that it will only spin for a short while, 
eventually yielding?

The original text said this but the new text implies it will spin forever.