[RFC 0/4] Add a new mutex type PTHREAD_MUTEX_QUEUESPINNER_NP

[Carlos O'Donell]

On 07/02/2018 04:11 AM, Kemi Wang wrote:
> The pthread adaptive mutex is designed based-on the truth that the lock
> probably would be released after a few of CPU cycles in most cases.
> Especially for the case: the applications code is well-behaved with a short
> critical section that is highly contended. Thus, spinning on the lock for
> a while instead of calling into the kernel to block immediately can help
> to improve the system performance.

This patch set is going to take a while to review.

We are currently freezing the ABI/API for glibc 2.28 release on August 1st.

Are you OK if we delay the inclusion of this feature to 2.29 once master
reopens?

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Cheers,
Carlos.