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authorAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2013-05-16 19:17:14 -0700
committerAndi Kleen <ak@linux.intel.com>2013-07-02 08:46:55 -0700
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Add a configure option to enable lock elision and disable by default
Can be enabled with --enable-lock-elision=yes at configure time.
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@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ will be used, and CFLAGS sets optimization options for the compiler.
      library.  This option hardcodes the newly built C library path in
      dynamic tests so that they can be invoked directly.
 
+`--enable-lock-elision=yes'
+     Enable lock elision for pthread mutexes and rwlocks by default.
+
 `--build=BUILD-SYSTEM'
 `--host=HOST-SYSTEM'
      These options are for cross-compiling.  If you specify both