On Mon, 2008-09-08 at 15:54 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > The idea is to try to spin for a bit to avoid scheduling away, which is > > especially important for the high levels. Most holders of the mutex > > let it go very quickly. > > Ok but that surely should be implemented in the general mutex code then > or at least in a standard adaptive mutex wrapper?
That depends, am I the only one crazy enough to think its a good idea? If it were in the general mutex code, that's probably a faster/smarter way to spin. -chris -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
