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Can ReentrantLock be fair? What is the performance trade-off?
Tests whether you know new ReentrantLock(true) enforces strict FIFO ordering to prevent thread starvation, at the cost of throughput -- fair locks have higher overhead and lower overall throughput than the default barging (unfair) mode under contention.
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