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Re: pthread_mutex_trylock() "blocks" when it should not
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alvin |
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Re: pthread_mutex_trylock() "blocks" when it should not |
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Wed, 03 Apr 2002 09:50:26 -0500 |
Ulrich Drepper wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 01:09, Paul Davis wrote:
>
> > However, in the code for pthread_mutex_trylock(), an attempt is made
> > to acquire the "spinlock" for the mutex. If this fails, we call
> > sched_yield()
>
> What code are you talking about? What configuration?
>
If memory serves me correctly this is a patch for MySQL.
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