Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 0/7] priority-boost urcu | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Date | Thu, 18 Aug 2011 09:30:25 -0400 |
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[ not sure who wrote this but...]
> > > What we should introduce is abstractions over futexes. This is what > > > I did to experimentally port URCU to QEMU---my secret goal since > > > commit 806f811 (use kernel style makefile output, 2010-03-01). :) > > > Our use of futexes is exceptionally similar to a Windows > > > manual-reset event (yes, Windows: > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.threading.manualresetevent%28v=vs.80%29.aspx). > > > In QEMU I added the manual-reset event and use it in the > > > implementation of RCU.
Be careful with this. You better make sure that Microsoft does not hold any patents to this method, otherwise all your work will be in vain.
-- Steve
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