[asterisk-dev] (Possibly) Unnecessary futex calls

[Benny Amorsen]

Tilghman Lesher <tilghman at mail.jeffandtilghman.com> writes:

> In answer to your original question, this is probably the underlying
> implementation of a mutex.  In this case, it's a mutex with contention,
> relying on the kernel to provide contention resolution.

I realize that much. But why does Asterisk do anything with mutexes
just to pass RTP packets?


/Benny