Re: [PATCH RFC V9 0/19] Paravirtualized ticket spinlocks

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On 06/01/2013 01:14 PM, Andi Kleen wrote:
> FWIW I use the paravirt spinlock ops for adding lock elision
> to the spinlocks.

Does lock elision still use the ticketlock algorithm/structure, or are
they different?  If they're still basically ticketlocks, then it seems
to me that they're complimentary - hle handles the fastpath, and pv the
slowpath.

> This needs to be done at the top level (so the level you're removing)
>
> However I don't like the pv mechanism very much and would 
> be fine with using an static key hook in the main path
> like I do for all the other lock types.

Right.

    J
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