Anton Blanchard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Doens't this mean that the sped-up mutexes are still slower than semaphores? > > Wasnt most of the x86 mutex gain a result of going from fair to unfair > operation? The current ppc64 semaphores are unfair. > What's "unfair"? Mutexes are FIFO, as are x86 semaphores. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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