Lock inflation
Lock inflation is the practice of, possibly heuristically and based on runtime feedback, turning a thin lock into a fat lock. Normally, this is done because a lock previously thought to be uncontended isn't anymore.
See also Lock deflation, Fat lock, and Thin lock.
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