Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Futexes IV (Fast Lightweight Userspace Semaphores) | Date | Fri, 8 Mar 2002 20:40:46 +0000 (GMT) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> So I would suggest making the size (and thus alignment check) of locks at > least 8 bytes (and preferably 16). That makes it slightly harder to put > locks on the stack, but gcc does support stack alignment, even if the code > sucks right now.
Can we go to cache line alignment - for an array of locks thats clearly advantageous
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