<![CDATA[I don't remember who I got it from (probably @enhancedscurry?) but I got to use "recursive locks are for people who don't actually understand their concurrency model" again this week.]]>I don't remember who I got it from (probably @enhancedscurry?) but I got to use "recursive locks are for people who don't actually understand their concurrency model" again this week.

(unfortunately "…or they do understand it, but made the mistake of publishing a reentrant API" really takes the punch out of it)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/fc4178b7-ecfc-49b3-a661-b1db7504bac0/i-don-t-remember-who-i-got-it-from-probably-@enhancedscurry-but-i-got-to-use-recursive-locks-are-for-people-who-don-t-actually-understand-their-concurrency-model-again-this-week.RSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 03:18:12 GMTFri, 10 Apr 2026 20:13:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I don't remember who I got it from (probably @enhancedscurry?) but I got to use "recursive locks are for people who don't actually understand their concurrency model" again this week. on Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:05:47 GMT]]>@numist @enhancedscurry I did t write that but I still agree.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/madcoder/statuses/116405564058591041https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/madcoder/statuses/116405564058591041Tue, 14 Apr 2026 23:05:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don't remember who I got it from (probably @enhancedscurry?) but I got to use "recursive locks are for people who don't actually understand their concurrency model" again this week. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:21:46 GMT]]>@enhancedscurry "We found that the vast majority of recursive locks are deployed retroactively when ill-defined lock hierarchies are discovered." Damn, it's like @madcoder saw my parachute open over the project I just "fixed".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/numist/statuses/116382505816735295https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/numist/statuses/116382505816735295Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:21:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don't remember who I got it from (probably @enhancedscurry?) but I got to use "recursive locks are for people who don't actually understand their concurrency model" again this week. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:08:24 GMT]]>@numist I probably said that, but if I did, all credit to dispatch_async(3):

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/enhancedscurry/statuses/116382453202998988https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/enhancedscurry/statuses/116382453202998988Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:08:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don't remember who I got it from (probably @enhancedscurry?) but I got to use "recursive locks are for people who don't actually understand their concurrency model" again this week. on Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:17:26 GMT]]>@numist @enhancedscurry it’s one I’m fond of telling people about, but really I’m just repeating what the guy who added them to posix said: https://groups.google.com/g/comp.programming.threads/c/tcrTKnfP8HI/m/me2K7_byNdgJ

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Catfish_Man/statuses/116382252858507558https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Catfish_Man/statuses/116382252858507558Fri, 10 Apr 2026 20:17:26 GMT