linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -v8][RFC] mutex: implement adaptive spinning

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Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:42:46 +0100
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Folkert van Heusden <folkert@...heusden.com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH -v8][RFC] mutex: implement adaptive spinning

On Wed, 2009-01-14 at 12:41 +0100, Folkert van Heusden wrote:
> > The key criteria for the busy wait is that the lock owner has to be running on
> > a (different) cpu. The idea is that as long as the owner is running, there is a
> > fair chance it'll release the lock soon, and thus we'll be better off spinning
> > instead of blocking/scheduling.
> 
> Won't this make Linux less "green"? (-> use more power since busy loops
> use more power than idle loops) If so, maybe it should be make
> configurable somewhere?

According to the 'race to idle' paradigm this would actually help making
it more green, since it increases throughput.
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