Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 00:02:24 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "John Baldwin" <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: "Gilbert Gong" <ggong@cal.alumni.berkeley.edu>, <advocacy@FreeBSD.org>, "Jeremiah Gowdy" <jeremiah@sherline.com> Subject: Re: Microsoft Advocacy? Message-ID: <02b601c189aa$632a5990$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <XFMail.011220145112.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John writes: > Atomic operations are _quite_ expensive. On > x86, they lock the bus which means waiting until > the bus is free. How much time do you gain, percentage-wise, in the routines in which locks have been eliminated? > If you really care, first go look at some > actual code to see where these things are > used and how ... Any suggestions on modules to examine? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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