> Btw, I sure wish someone would comment on the S_LOCK analysis even if only
> to tell me not to make such long posts as it wastes bandwidth. Or
> was it just too long to read?
I read it all! Great analysis of the situation and not a waste, IMHO.
One comment...when you ran the tests in succession, could the cache be
responsible for the timing groupings in the same test? Should a
little program be run in between to "flush" the cache full of garbage
so each real run will miss? Seem to recall a little program, in CUJ,
I think, that set up a big array and then iterated over it to trash
the cache.
Darren aka stuporg(at)erols(dot)com