__ppc_yield, __ppc_mdoio, __ppc_mdoom - Hint the processor to release shared resources
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Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
│ Interface │ Attribute │ Value │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
│ __ppc_yield(), __ppc_mdoio(), __ppc_mdoom() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘
Description
These functions provide hints about the usage of resources that are shared with other processors on the
Power architecture. They can be used, for example, if a program waiting on a lock intends to divert the
shared resources to be used by other processors.
__ppc_yield() provides a hint that performance will probably be improved if shared resources dedicated to
the executing processor are released for use by other processors.
__ppc_mdoio() provides a hint that performance will probably be improved if shared resources dedicated to
the executing processor are released until all outstanding storage accesses to caching-inhibited storage
have been completed.
__ppc_mdoom() provides a hint that performance will probably be improved if shared resources dedicated to
the executing processor are released until all outstanding storage accesses to cacheable storage for
which the data is not in the cache have been completed.
History
glibc 2.18.
Library
Standard C library (libc, -lc)
Name
__ppc_yield, __ppc_mdoio, __ppc_mdoom - Hint the processor to release shared resources
See Also
__ppc_set_ppr_med(3) PowerISA,BookII-Section3.2("or"architecture) Linux man-pages 6.9.1 2024-05-02 __ppc_yield(3)
Standards
GNU.
Synopsis
#include<sys/platform/ppc.h>void__ppc_yield(void);void__ppc_mdoio(void);void__ppc_mdoom(void);
