Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 10:45:06 -0700 From: Jason Evans <jasone@freebsd.org> To: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Inner workings of turnstiles and sleepqueues Message-ID: <4714F8A2.5050406@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20071016094118.GE5411@hoeg.nl> References: <20071016094118.GE5411@hoeg.nl>
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Ed Schouten wrote: > For some reason, I want to understand how the queueing of blocked > threads in the kernel works when waiting for a lock, which is if I > understand correctly done by the turnstiles and sleepqueues. I'm the > proud owner of The Design and Implementation of the FreeBSD Operating > System book, but for some reason, I can't find anything about it in the > book. > > Is there a way to obtain information about how they work? I already read > the source somewhat, but that shouldn't be an ideal solution, in my > opinion. You might take a look at _Solaris Internals_ by Mauro and McDougall. Jason
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