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From: "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: signalling a condvar from inside vs. signalling a condvar von
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Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 15:59:09 -0700
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On 4/15/2025 9:12 PM, Bonita Montero wrote:
> Am 15.04.2025 um 21:07 schrieb Chris M. Thomasson:
> 
>> In real applications there is generally more going on in those 
>> critical sections vs your test... Well, I have seen some horror shows 
>> in my life.
>>
>> Again, think of a scenario where the lock is held. The thread 
>> signals... Another thread wakes up and has to instantly block on a 
>> wait morphing queue in the kernel.
> 
> Not with glibc.
> 

Sigh. I would need to see how glibc works internally. But that is 
besides the point. Try to signal/broadcast outside when possible.