Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S268303AbUIPWnP (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:43:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S268305AbUIPWnP (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:43:15 -0400 Received: from adsl-63-197-226-105.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net ([63.197.226.105]:4813 "EHLO cheetah.davemloft.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S268303AbUIPWnE (ORCPT ); Thu, 16 Sep 2004 18:43:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:40:11 -0700 From: "David S. Miller" To: Bill Huey (hui) Cc: davidsen@tmr.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mingo@elte.hu, bhuey@lnxw.com Subject: Re: [patch] remove the BKL (Big Kernel Lock), this time for real Message-Id: <20040916154011.3f0dbd54.davem@davemloft.net> In-Reply-To: <20040916222903.GA4089@nietzsche.lynx.com> References: <20040916222903.GA4089@nietzsche.lynx.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.12 (GTK+ 1.2.10; sparc-unknown-linux-gnu) X-Face: "_;p5u5aPsO,_Vsx"^v-pEq09'CU4&Dc1$fQExov$62l60cgCc%FnIwD=.UF^a>?5'9Kn[;433QFVV9M..2eN.@4ZWPGbdi<=?[:T>y?SD(R*-3It"Vj:)"dP Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 594 Lines: 14 On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 15:29:03 -0700 Bill Huey (hui) wrote: > FreeBSD-current uses adaptive mutexes. However they spin on that mutex > only if the thread owning it is running across another CPU at that time, > otherwise it sleeps, maybe priority inherited depending on the > circumstance. This is how Solaris MUTEX objects work too. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/