Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:14:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:14:36 -0500 Received: from vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca ([136.159.55.21]:32651 "EHLO vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 7 Dec 2001 11:14:30 -0500 Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 09:14:26 -0700 Message-Id: <200112071614.fB7GEQ514356@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> From: Richard Gooch To: Andi Kleen Cc: torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: horrible disk thorughput on itanium In-Reply-To: In-Reply-To:

<9upmqm$7p4$1@penguin.transmeta.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Andi Kleen writes: > torvalds@transmeta.com (Linus Torvalds) writes: > > > > "putc()" is a standard function. If it sucks, let's get it fixed. And > > instead of changing bonnie, how about pinging the _real_ people who > > write sucky code? > > It is easy to fix. Just do #define putc putc_unlocked > There is just a slight problem: it'll fail if your application is threaded > and wants to use the same FILE from multiple threads. > > It is a common problem on all OS that eventually got threadsafe stdio. > I bet putc sucks on Solaris too. This kind of thing should be covered by _REENTRANT. If you don't compile with _REENTRANT (the default), then putc() should be the unlocked version. Regards, Richard.... Permanent: rgooch@atnf.csiro.au Current: rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca - 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/