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SubjectRe: pthread_mutex_unlock (was Re: sched_yield() makes OpenLDAP slow)
linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote:

>To fix the current problem, you can substitute usleep(0); It will
>give the CPU to somebody if it's computable, then give it back to
>you. It seems to work in every case that sched_yield() has
>mucked up (perhaps 20 to 30 here).
>
>
Isn't that dangerous? Someday, someone working on linux (or some
other unixish os) might come up with an usleep implementation where
usleep(0) just returns and becomes a no-op. Which probably is ok
with the usleep spec - it did sleep for zero time . . .

Helge Hafting
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