Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 20 Oct 2008 20:53:18 -0200 | From | Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <> | Subject | Re: sched_yield() options |
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Em Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 03:34:07PM -0700, david@lang.hm escreveu: > I've seen a lot of discussion about how sched_yield is abused by > applications. I'm working with a developer on one application that looks > like it's falling into this same trap (mutexes between threads and using > sched_yield (or more precisely pthread_yield()) to let other threads get > the lock) > > however I've been having a hard time tracking down the appropriate > discussions to forward on to the developer (both for why what he's doing > is bad, and for what he should be doing instead) > > could someone point out appropriate mailing list threads, or other > documentation for this?
http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Using_sched_yield_Improperly
- Arnaldo
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