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Re: Re: pthread_mutex_lock/unlock performance?
- From: Mojmir Svoboda <mojmir dot svoboda at illusionsoftworks dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:47:13 +0100
- Subject: Re: Re: pthread_mutex_lock/unlock performance?
morning, Corinna
> > the thing is that cygwin's pthread_mutex_lock performs quite lazily it
> > takes about seven times more than using native critical section.
> Bookkeeping overhead?
excuse my unfamiliarity with the matter, but i have no exact idea what
bookkeping could be. could you elaborate the answer more, please?
or point me to some article/documentation where i can read more?
> Just have a look into the Cygwin source.
yes, that's first place i tried to look, but got little disoriented
with the _ and __ versions of the pthread_mutex_lock. i've eventually
finished in __pthread_lock. am i on the right track?
> If you want to speed up Cygwin's pthread implementation, feel free to
> contribute: http://cygwin.com/contrib.html
well i'm using windows and cygwin for few months so i quite don't feel
ready... yet ;)
best regards,
Mojmir
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