Re: [RFC] Userspace RCU: (ab)using futexes to save cpu cycles and energy

Michael Schnell
2009-09-28T10:58:51Z

Michael Schnell wrote:
> Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
>> The mutex code (and usual futex users) use futex to implement mutual
>> exclusion. My goal is to send a wakeup signal to a thread waiting for
>> work to perform when adding such work. But without any mutual exclusion.
>
> Why is that different ?
>
> if you use a normal FUTEX like pthread_mutex_...() and have the thread
> block right at the start (by blocking the *UTEX before creating the
> thread). Now you can wake the thread by unblocking the *UTEX.
>
> -Michael
>
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