libthr patch

Daniel Eischen eischen at vigrid.com
Thu Feb 19 05:05:59 PST 2004


On Thu, 19 Feb 2004, Mike Makonnen wrote:

> Hello folks,
> 
> The following patch stops libthr from using signals for syncronizng threads.
> I've tested it localy and have seen *really large* performance
> improvements in heavy thread/mutex contention situations. I'm interested
> in hearing your experiences.

If you used KSEs, you could use kse_release() and kse_wakeup() :-) :-)

-- 
Dan



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