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Re: Encouraging the kernel(?) to more efficiently wake my threads

From: Chris Stankevitz <chrisstankevitz at gmail dot com>
To: libc-help at sourceware dot org
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2011 14:18:17 -0800
Subject: Re: Encouraging the kernel(?) to more efficiently wake my threads
References: <CAPi0pstN1DdA_vpOti++4VWQ-xe9uConj7Ez+KwxMKNP9gigpA@mail.gmail.com><CAPi0psvN_iGiW5toaMmcrC6UTR7YFopK8ap=MAw18g1X7wn0VQ@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Chris Stankevitz
<chrisstankevitz@gmail.com> wrote:
> The amount of concurrency
> linux offers me varies with the duration of the 'baby thread' task.

I can see now I need to re-architect my design to perform fewer "need
to wait" calls.  By "need to wait" I mean calls to semaphore waits
that actually do end up waiting.

Thanks for your help everyone,

Chris

References:
- Encouraging the kernel(?) to more efficiently wake my threads
  - From: Chris Stankevitz
- Re: Encouraging the kernel(?) to more efficiently wake my threads
  - From: Chris Stankevitz

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