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Reinterpreted in my own words: Usercode spinlocking is not legible to the kernel. Therefore anytime you attempt it you are in the situation of fighting the sch
by mntmoss 7y ago
Reinterpreted in my own words:
Usercode spinlocking is not legible to the kernel. Therefore anytime you attempt it you are in the situation of fighting the scheduler, and given that even the kernel devs are constantly challenged by the problem of making appropriate scheduling tradeoffs, you will lose.