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What's New in Synchronization

Windows includes the following new programming elements for synchronization.

DeleteSynchronizationBarrier: Deletes a synchronization barrier.
EnterSynchronizationBarrier: Causes the calling thread to wait at a synchronization barrier until the maximum number of threads have entered the barrier.
InitializeSynchronizationBarrier: Specifies the maximum number of threads and spin count for a new synchronization barrier.
WaitOnAddress: Waits for the value at the specified address to change.
WakeByAddressAll: Wakes all threads that are waiting for the value of an address to change.
WakeByAddressSingle: Wakes one thread that is waiting for the value of an address to change.

SetWaitableTimerEx: Activates the specified waitable timer and provides context information for the timer.
TryAcquireSRWLockExclusive: Attempts to acquire a slim reader/writer (SRW) lock in exclusive mode. If the call is successful, the calling thread takes ownership of the lock.
TryAcquireSRWLockShared: Attempts to acquire a slim reader/writer (SRW) lock in shared mode. If the call is successful, the calling thread takes ownership of the lock.

REASON_CONTEXT: Contains context information for a timer activated with SetWaitableTimerEx.

Build date: 3/7/2012

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