What is a spinlock? //Source Dive// 002

In this installment of //Source Dive//, we're back in the xv6 OS codebase, exploring timers, the early boot process, and a very useful concurrency primitive: The Spinlock! =[ 🔗 Links 🔗 ]= 🐋 RISC-V Docker Image: https://github.com/francisrstokes/rv-toolchain-docker/pkgs/container/rv-toolchain-docker 🎥 Series Playlist: 🗣 Discord: https://discord.gg/FPWaVgk ⭐️ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lowleveljavascript 💻 Github Repo: https://github.com/mit-pdos/xv6-riscv