diff --git a/include/rw_lock.h b/include/rw_lock.h
index 945fa5d..19b9906 100644
--- a/include/rw_lock.h
+++ b/include/rw_lock.h
@@ -96,6 +96,21 @@ inline void sleep(K& k) noexcept {
 
 namespace ipc {
 
+class spin_lock {
+    std::atomic<std::size_t> lc_ { 0 };
+
+public:
+    void lock(void) {
+        for (unsigned k = 0;
+             lc_.exchange(1, std::memory_order_acquire);
+             yield(k)) ;
+    }
+
+    void unlock(void) {
+        lc_.store(0, std::memory_order_release);
+    }
+};
+
 class rw_lock {
     using lc_ui_t = std::size_t;
     std::atomic<lc_ui_t> lc_ { 0 };
@@ -121,9 +136,9 @@ public:
             yield(k);                   // other thread having w-lock
         }
         // wait for reading finished
-        for (unsigned k = 0; lc_.load(std::memory_order_acquire) & w_mask;) {
-            yield(k);
-        }
+        for (unsigned k = 0;
+             lc_.load(std::memory_order_acquire) & w_mask;
+             yield(k)) ;
     }
 
     void unlock() noexcept {
diff --git a/src/memory/wrapper.hpp b/src/memory/wrapper.hpp
index 44f6b10..64ea030 100644
--- a/src/memory/wrapper.hpp
+++ b/src/memory/wrapper.hpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public:
     using alloc_policy = AllocP;
 
 private:
-    rw_lock lc_;
+    spin_lock lc_;
     std::multimap<std::size_t, alloc_policy*> allocs_;
 
     struct alloc_t {
diff --git a/test/test_ipc.cpp b/test/test_ipc.cpp
index cd43438..b13b62f 100644
--- a/test/test_ipc.cpp
+++ b/test/test_ipc.cpp
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ void test_lock_performance() {
               << std::endl;
 
     benchmark_lc<ipc::rw_lock               , W, R>();
+    benchmark_lc<lc_wrapper< ipc::spin_lock>, W, R>();
     benchmark_lc<lc_wrapper<capo::spin_lock>, W, R>();
     benchmark_lc<lc_wrapper<std::mutex>     , W, R>();
     benchmark_lc<std::shared_timed_mutex    , W, R>();