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To implement synchronisation by process switching for multiple processors, more basic synchronisation means are needed which delay a process by busy waiting. This busy waiting may cause severe memory conflicts as a side effect. A considerable reduction of these memory conflicts can be acheived by testing a lock variable only at those instants when there is a fair chance of finding it unlocked. An...