[M3devel] userthreads vs. pthreads performance?

Mika Nystrom mika at async.async.caltech.edu
Mon Mar 29 17:20:25 CEST 2010


"Rodney M. Bates" writes:
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>> The common case is that a mutex is only ever manipulated by one thread 
>Do you mean _almost_ only ever? -----^ Otherwise, why would it have been
>coded with a mutex at all?
...

In a single-threaded program.... lots of mutexes hiding in various software
libraries (e.g., Rd/Wr)...

    Mika



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