It doesn't seem likely to me. If a process is looping in futex() it is probably waiting for another processor to release a spin lock.
-----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rick Troth Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 4:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PATCH] s390 need definitions for pagefault_disable and pagefault_enable I hope this patch will "fix" a performance problem I'm seeing. Occasionally a JVM will get stuck in futex() using a full engine yet not doing any work. Is it pagefault related? -- R; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
