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Operating system performance issue
In multiprocessor computer systems, software lockout is the issue of performance degradation due to the idle wait times spent by the CPUs in kernel-level critical sections. Software lockout is a major cause of scalability degradation in a multiprocessor system, posing a limit on the maximum useful number of processors. To mitigate the phenomenon, the kernel must be designed to have its critical sections as short as possible, therefore decomposing each data structure in smaller substructures. Wikipedia →
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Unix System Administration HandbookEvi Nemeth, Garth Snyder · 1989- 📕Hardware, Software, GegenwehrThomas Klebe · 1994
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