Re: [APC-DEV] Spinlock code

Rasmus Lerdorf wrote:
> Jacques Marneweck wrote:
>> Brian Shire wrote:
>>> I'd be interested in doing this, assuming no one wants to jump up and
>>> do it first.  I have pthread mutex locking support that I would like
>>> to finish up first. (as a better alternative to the futex locking).
>>>
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> Will we be able to choose a different locking scheme via the php.ini?
> 
> I think it will have to continue to be a compile-time option in order to
> avoid introducing the overhead of a runtime check on each and every lock.

Couldn't you virtualize it by setting up a lock operations interface
structure and having each of the different lock types implement it in
their own way, and then set the active lock structure at runtime?

George