Re: RFC: Ideal Adaptive Spinning Conditions

[Chris Wright]

* Darren Hart (dvhltc@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> Roland Dreier wrote:
>>  > I'm looking at some adaptive spinning with futexes as a way to help
>>  > reduce the dependence on sched_yield() to implement userspace
>>  > spinlocks. Chris, I included you in the CC after reading your comments
>>  > regarding sched_yield() at kernel summit and I thought you might be
>>  > interested.
>>
>> I think you may have the wrong Chris.  Chris Wright wasn't at the most
>> recent kernel summit and I do have a vague recollection of Chris Mason
>> mentioning that Oracle developers found that sched_yield() performed
>> better than futexes + kernel scheduling.
>
> Oh bother, Sorry Chris! I even talked to Chris Wright about this already  
> in person and he told me I probably was looking for Chris Mason, and I  
> still got the last names crossed up!

No worries Darren, I happen to be interested in the topic too ;-)
(from KVM point of view, which has a slightly different take)
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