How to Use parking_lot as a Faster Mutex Alternative

Crates/Parking Lot
2026-04-17T12:05:42+00:00
Replace std::sync::Mutex with parking_lot::Mutex in your Cargo.toml and code to achieve better performance in multi-threaded Rust applications.

Add parking_lot to your Cargo.toml and replace std::sync::Mutex with parking_lot::Mutex to reduce lock contention and improve throughput.

[dependencies]
parking_lot = "0.12"

use parking_lot::Mutex;

fn main() {
    let counter = Mutex::new(0);
    let mut handles = vec![];

    for _ in 0..10 {
        let counter = counter.clone();
        let handle = std::thread::spawn(move || {
            let mut num = counter.lock();
            *num += 1;
        });
        handles.push(handle);
    }

    for handle in handles {
        handle.join().unwrap();
    }

    println!("Result: {}", *counter.lock());
}