Shared library support

2007-04-18 Thread Peter Holmes
I am trying to implement shared library support for a new architecture. Where can I start looking . Can someone point out the architecture dependent pieces. - Peter - Ahhh...imagining that irresistible new car smell? Check outnew cars at Yahoo! Autos.

Pthreads signals

2007-03-28 Thread Peter Holmes
How do signals work with pthreads in FreeBSD. How are process signals delivered? - Peter - Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. ___

Re: Pthread spin locks

2007-03-19 Thread Peter Holmes
. Is there anything the system provides to guard against pthread starvation. Thanks, Peter Peter Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not very sure about the spin lock behavior of pthreads. Here is the man page description: The pthread_spin_lock() function will acquire lock

Pthread spin locks

2007-03-13 Thread Peter Holmes
I am not very sure about the spin lock behavior of pthreads. Here is the man page description: The pthread_spin_lock() function will acquire lock if it is not currently owned by another thread. If the lock cannot be acquired immediately, it will spin attempting to acquire the

user-space locks

2007-03-09 Thread Peter Holmes
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SMP Kernel profiling

2007-03-07 Thread Peter Holmes
Just wanted to know if kernel profiling with gprof is known to work reliably with SMP kernels. Thanks, Peter - Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. Check it out. ___

Re: pin/bind a pthread to a processor? (take 2)

2007-02-09 Thread Peter Holmes
This is something I am interested in doing as well. I had corresponded with Julian Eischen Daniel Elischer about this. This was suggested by them but I haven't been able to figure it all out. Basically we could create SYSTEM_SCOPE pthreads. This way there is one KSE per pthread. I was