Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261461AbVE1OBG (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 10:01:06 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262723AbVE1OBG (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 10:01:06 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:21184 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261461AbVE1OBE (ORCPT ); Sat, 28 May 2005 10:01:04 -0400 Subject: Re: spinaphore conceptual draft (was discussion of RT patch) From: Alan Cox To: David Nicol Cc: john cooper , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <934f64a205052715315c21d722@mail.gmail.com> References: <934f64a205052715315c21d722@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1117288744.2685.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 14:59:05 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 448 Lines: 11 Looks like a description of buzz locks used by various user space libraries - spin briefly then assume the other cause of contention is slow (or in user space that we pre-empted it) and be polite. Alan - 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/