Re: [RFC -v3 PATCH 2/3] sched: add yield_to function

Avi Kivity
2011-01-04T12:03:28Z

On 01/04/2011 08:14 AM, KOSAKI Motohiro wrote:
> Also, If pthread_cond_signal() call sys_yield_to imlicitly, we can
> avoid almost Nehalem (and other P2P cache arch) lock unfairness
> problem. (probaby creating pthread_condattr_setautoyield_np or similar
> knob is good one)

Often, the thread calling pthread_cond_signal() wants to continue
executing, not yield.

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