Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:42:34 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] MCS Lock: MCS lock code cleanup and optimizations |
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On 11/06/2013 01:36 PM, Tim Chen wrote: > In this patch series, we separated out the MCS lock code which was > previously embedded in the mutex.c. This allows for easier reuse of > MCS lock in other places like rwsem and qrwlock. We also did some micro > optimizations and barrier cleanup. > > This patches were previously part of the rwsem optimization patch series > but now we spearate them out. > > Tim Chen
Perhaps I'm missing something here, but what is MCS lock and what is the value?
-hpa
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