mutex与critical section的区别

critical section 是在用户模式下使用的；只能用于单个进程下的线程同步，不能在用于多进程同步。

mutex 是内核对象，会慢一些；可以用于多进程同步。

下面转载了stackoverflow上，对两者运行时间测试代码（http://stackoverflow.com/a/800422）

HANDLE mutex = CreateMutex(NULL, FALSE, NULL);
CRITICAL_SECTION critSec;
InitializeCriticalSection(&critSec);

LARGE_INTEGER freq;
QueryPerformanceFrequency(&freq);
LARGE_INTEGER start, end;

// Force code into memory, so we don't see any effects of paging.
EnterCriticalSection(&critSec);
LeaveCriticalSection(&critSec);
QueryPerformanceCounter(&start);
for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
{
    EnterCriticalSection(&critSec);
    LeaveCriticalSection(&critSec);
}

QueryPerformanceCounter(&end);

int totalTimeCS = (int)((end.QuadPart - start.QuadPart) * 1000 / freq.QuadPart);

// Force code into memory, so we don't see any effects of paging.
WaitForSingleObject(mutex, INFINITE);
ReleaseMutex(mutex);

QueryPerformanceCounter(&start);
for (int i = 0; i < 1000000; i++)
{
    WaitForSingleObject(mutex, INFINITE);
    ReleaseMutex(mutex);
}

QueryPerformanceCounter(&end);

int totalTime = (int)((end.QuadPart - start.QuadPart) * 1000 / freq.QuadPart);

printf("Mutex: %d CritSec: %d\n", totalTime, totalTimeCS);