Re: MySQL mutex/spinlock patches

[Andreas Jaeger]

>>>>> Michael S Fischer writes:

 > Can anyone examine and comprehend this patch for me?
 > http://mysql.valueclick.com/Downloads/Linux/linuxthreads-2.2-patch

 > This patch is recommended by the MySQL folks:

 > "The current implementation of mutex in Linuxthreads is also very bad for
 > programs with many threads that only hold the mutex for a short time. We
 > have made a patch available..."

 > This is exactly one of the problems we're seeing and we'd like to know (if
 > this patch has been submitted before) why it never made it into the current
 > build.

Check the libc archives - that patch has never found its way to the
glibc maintainers.  Ask the author of the patch to send it to us,

Andreas
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