Re: Patch: Thread.holdLock implementation in java

[Dalibor Topic]

Archie Cobbs wrote:
> Dalibor Topic wrote:
>
> > > Personally, I think that nothing should ever be "spurious", but
> > > it looks like I already lost that argument :-)
> >
> > I've got a reference for that, too :)
> >
> > http://www.lambdacs.com/cpt/FAQ.html#Q94
> >
> > "Spurious wakeups may sound strange but on some multiprocessor systems, 
> > making condition wakeup completely predictable might substantially slow 
> > all condition variable operations. [Butenhof]"
>
>
> Ah.. that's a very good point that I didn't think of.. OK I'm convinced :-)

One down, one to go ... ;)

Jeroen, have I managed to convince you, too?

cheers,
dalibor topic