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MCS Mutex comment + bug fix #581

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MCS Mutex comment + bug fix #581

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@mrutt92 mrutt92 commented Sep 17, 2021

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Comment on lines +77 to 78
fence // fence to implement release semantics
beqz t0, bsg_mcs_mutex_release_no_successor // branch if no successor
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I'm a little surprised we didn't catch this earlier

/* */
/* Additionally, we found the performance of the MCS mutex was little impacted by the number of cores. */
/* */
/* For the case where there is very low contention on the lock (i.e. maybe only on thread ever needs to acquire), */
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One thread?

@mrutt92 mrutt92 changed the title comment summarizing results MCS Mutex comment + bug fix Sep 21, 2021
@mrutt92 mrutt92 merged commit ea03947 into master Sep 21, 2021
dpetrisko pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 27, 2021
* comment summarizing results

* typo fix
dpetrisko pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Sep 29, 2021
* comment summarizing results

* typo fix
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