0 votes 0 votes Assume that a context switch takes T time. Suggest an upper bound (in terms of T) for holding a spinlock. If the spinlock is held for any longer, a mutex lock (where waiting threads are put to sleep) is a better alternative. Operating System galvin operating-system process-synchronization descriptive + – akash.dinkar12 asked Mar 20, 2019 akash.dinkar12 424 views answer comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.