The Memcache locking mechanism is not currently mentioned in the documentation.

#596908: memcached implementation of D7 locking

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#1 memcache-lock_docs-1974088-1.patch765 byteserikwebb
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Status: Active » Needs review
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See https://drupal.org/node/962422#comment-3668686 for the caveats.

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Status: Needs review » Fixed

I've added documentation for the lock, as well as stampede protection. I did some other cleanup as well:
http://drupalcode.org/project/memcache.git/commit/fcd303a

Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.