How do I benchmark a spin lock?

2014-11-25 Thread Elazar Leibovich
The first question I have in mind, is, how do you define a lock benchmark? Is your goal to minimize overhead? Is your goal to minimize the latency of a successful uncontended acquire? Is your goal to minimize bus load for other CPU when three CPUs are waiting for the spin lock? What we're measurin

Re: Linux install party @ HUJI

2014-11-25 Thread Amichai Rotman
I'd be glad to help too. 2014-11-25 22:10 GMT+02:00 Ari Becker : > Yeah, I'm also a weekends-only kinda guy, but if it fit with my schedule > then I could help. > > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 16:29 Rabin Yasharzadehe wrote: > >> I'm limited to only Sundays & Thursdays >> >> but +1 for helping,

Re: Linux install party @ HUJI

2014-11-25 Thread Ari Becker
Yeah, I'm also a weekends-only kinda guy, but if it fit with my schedule then I could help. On Tue, Nov 25, 2014, 16:29 Rabin Yasharzadehe wrote: > I'm limited to only Sundays & Thursdays > > but +1 for helping, > > > -- > Rabin > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:57 PM, E.S. Rosenberg > wrote: > >>

Re: BYOD in schools

2014-11-25 Thread sara fink
Gabor, it's worse than that. I don't know what programs they want to install, but I heard a talk on reshet bet few days ago (program of keren noibach). First, they mentioned that it's not legal to ask the parents to buy notebooks/tablets etc due to discrimination. There are parents who can't affo

Re: Linux install party @ HUJI

2014-11-25 Thread Rabin Yasharzadehe
I'm limited to only Sundays & Thursdays but +1 for helping, -- Rabin On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 9:57 PM, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: > There is currently some low key talk of arranging a linux install party > for new students (and others interested) at Givat Ram. > > Nothing specific as yet, the TA st

Re: Linux install party @ HUJI

2014-11-25 Thread Mord Behar
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 9:53 AM, Orna Agmon Ben-Yehuda wrote: > 1. Good luck! > 2. The last time we did an installation party, we actually did a > configuration party: people find it easy to install, but they sometimes > need special software, or have a problem installing it - that killer app > f