[ltt-dev] [RFC PATCH 0/7] priority-boost urcu

[Steven Rostedt]

[ not sure who wrote this but...]

> > > What we should introduce is abstractions over futexes.  This is what
> > > I did to experimentally port URCU to QEMU---my secret goal since
> > > commit 806f811 (use kernel style makefile output, 2010-03-01). :)
> > > Our use of futexes is exceptionally similar to a Windows
> > > manual-reset event (yes, Windows:
> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.threading.manualresetevent%28v=vs.80%29.aspx).
> > > In QEMU I added the manual-reset event and use it in the
> > > implementation of RCU.

Be careful with this. You better make sure that Microsoft does not hold
any patents to this method, otherwise all your work will be in vain.

-- Steve