Re: [PATCH] Split futex global spinlock futex_lock

From: Jamie Lokier
Date: Wed Sep 10 2003 - 05:25:02 EST


Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Plus, currently we do not allocate locks so that the futexes fall in
> different buckets. To some extend this is possible and would be a
> possible optimization if this patch goes in.

What do you mean? The futexes should be in different buckets already
because of the hash function.

-- Jamie
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