> If you're worried about the overhead of calling pthread_lock and > pthread_unlock under the covers when it's not needed (like on the prefork MPM) > then I would say that's not a big problem. Locking mutexes that are not > contended for can be quite cheap, and often those calls do not even translate > into syscalls.
What we're pondering here is locking a logfile in mod_specweb99. During a SPECWeb99 run, mutexes are not cheap and there is a lot of camping out going on. S. -- Covalent Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Engineering group Voice: (415) 856 4214 303 Second Street #375 South Fax: (415) 856 4210 San Francisco CA 94107 PGP Fingerprint: 7A8D B189 E871 80CB 9521 9320 C11E 7B47 964F 31D9 ======================================================= This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message =======================================================
