![]() | |||||||||||
Messages in this thread |
Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca> wrote: > > > Confused by all of this. > > Well currently it just enables preempt and spins like a mad man until the > lock is free. The idea is to allow preempt to get some scheduling done > during the spin.. Oh, Ok, I thought you were proposing that "yield" meant an actual yield(). yes, allowing the arch to hook into that busywait loop makes sense. - 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/ | ||||||||||
| Last update: 2005-03-22 14:06 [from the cache] ©2003-2008 | |||||||||||