Simon 'corecode' Schubert wrote:
Using it for spinlocks is rather easy, because there is just one
variable to monitor.
Just as a data point:
checking sysctl every second, I get about:
5-10 spinlock_contested1
0 spinlock_contested2
30000-200000 cpu_idle_spincnt
1400 cpu_idle_hltcnt
this is on an idle system, except for the statistics gathering. without
statistics, I get even less contested spinlocks.
So spinlocks basically do not contribute to wasted cpu time. A bigger
offender is the idle spin, but that's also not sooo much. Still
something that could be optimized.
I'll see if I can import the latest ACPI from freebsd, they have some
nice changes for the apci idle hook, which hopefully will make my laptop
run cooler (maybe I should simply boot freebsd to check).
cheers
simon
