Is Mutex required on 1 byte shared resource? If not then why not? Consider I am using normal desktop PC pentium IV , 32 bit. Will condition change if use core 2 duo?
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Is Mutex required on 1 byte shared resource? If not then why not? Consider I am using normal desktop PC pentium IV , 32 bit. Will condition change if use core 2 duo?
It depends what you are going to do with it, but if you have multiple writers, implemented in C or C++, then yes you need a mutex – the size of the resource is not the issue.