Sujet : Re: Futexes ain't fast
De : chris.m.thomasson.1 (at) *nospam* gmail.com (Chris M. Thomasson)
Groupes : comp.lang.c++Date : 28. Aug 2024, 20:52:13
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On 8/28/2024 5:09 AM, Bonita Montero wrote:
I tested the operating-system specific mutex (CRITICAL_SECTION Or
pthread_mutext_t) against a futex and a std::mutex. I guessed std::mutex
uses th operating system specific mutex internally, but the times varied
so much across Windows and Linux that I gues that std::mutex used at
least a differently parametrized operating system mutex or maybe even
completely own code.
This are the times and each line has a further contender:
[...]
while( futex.exchange( true, memory_order_acquire ) )
futex.wait( true, memory_order_relaxed );
futex.exchange( false, memory_order_release );
futex.notify_one();
} );
[...]
A wait bit would help out here... ;^) Afaict, this is a rather "naive" use of futexes. In you use case here, the exchange to unlock can be a simple atomic store with release semantics. Also, try to think about calling notify_* only when you absolutely need to... :^)