Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 08:32:37 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant <jbryant@argus.tfs.net> To: mo@servo.ccr.org (Mike O'Dell) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: coarse vs fine-grained locking in SMP systems Message-ID: <199906141332.IAA61298@argus.tfs.net> In-Reply-To: <199906141047.GAA57400@servo.ccr.org> from Mike O'Dell at "Jun 14, 99 06:47:58 am"
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In reply: > very fine-grain-locked systems often display convoying and > are prone to priority inversion problems. coarse-grained > systems exhibit all the granularity problems already described. > (the first purdue dual-vax system plowed most of that ground) Was this a VAX 11/782 or a later machine? jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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