Re: [PATCH] Use uname not sysctl to get the kernel revision

[ebiederm@xmission.com (Eric W. Biederman)]

Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> writes:

> On Wed, 2006-07-12 at 15:23 -0600, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
>> "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com> writes:
>> 
>> > Jakub Jelinek wrote:
>> >> On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 12:33:56PM -0700, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
>> >>> Roland McGrath wrote:
>> >>>> We could also put the uname info (modulo nodename) into the vDSO.
>> >>> Or even better: real topology information.
>> >> AND rather than OR would be even better.  So glibc could find kernel
>> >> version, etc. and topology in the vDSO cheaply.
>> >
>> > Wouldn't it make more sense for this to be in ELF tags, rather than the
> vdso?
>> > Another alternative, I guess, would be to put a pointer in the ELF tags,
> which
>> > may point into the vdso.
>> 
>> Cheap and simple access to topology information would be interesting.
>> 
>> Glibc just wants to know if our kernel is SMP so it can know if it is
>> ok to busy wait for a bit waiting for a mutex.  Or if busy waiting is
>> a complete loss.
>
>
> with current power management... busy waiting pretty much is a loss even
> on UP

It is a short busy wait before falling asleep.  I assume you mean
busy wait is a loss even on SMP?

Eric

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