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Re: libpcp multithreading - next steps

To: Dave Brolley <brolley@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: libpcp multithreading - next steps
From: fche@xxxxxxxxxx (Frank Ch. Eigler)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2016 17:17:48 -0400
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In-reply-to: <5797B9F7.2020701@xxxxxxxxxx> (Dave Brolley's message of "Tue, 26 Jul 2016 15:28:55 -0400")
References: <20160603155039.GB26460@xxxxxxxxxx> <578D1AE1.6060307@xxxxxxxxxx> <y0my44xksjb.fsf@xxxxxxxx> <57965C89.40401@xxxxxxxxxx> <20160725203257.GG5274@xxxxxxxxxx> <5797B9F7.2020701@xxxxxxxxxx>
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brolley wrote:

> [...]  I had understood that several new specialized locks had been
> introduced in an effort to improve performance, as opposed to fixing
> bugs. [...]

Nope.  Only the very first one (the pmNewContext internals one, merged
into 3.11.2) was done for performance reasons.  All the subsequent
ones are bug fixes.

- FChE

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