* Darren Hart ([email protected]) wrote:
> Roland Dreier wrote:
>> > I'm looking at some adaptive spinning with futexes as a way to help
>> > reduce the dependence on sched_yield() to implement userspace
>> > spinlocks. Chris, I included you in the CC after reading your comments
>> > regarding sched_yield() at kernel summit and I thought you might be
>> > interested.
>>
>> I think you may have the wrong Chris. Chris Wright wasn't at the most
>> recent kernel summit and I do have a vague recollection of Chris Mason
>> mentioning that Oracle developers found that sched_yield() performed
>> better than futexes + kernel scheduling.
>
> Oh bother, Sorry Chris! I even talked to Chris Wright about this already
> in person and he told me I probably was looking for Chris Mason, and I
> still got the last names crossed up!
No worries Darren, I happen to be interested in the topic too ;-)
(from KVM point of view, which has a slightly different take)