#9221: (super!) linear slowdown of parallel builds on 40 core machine -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Reporter: carter | Owner: (none) Type: bug | Status: new Priority: normal | Milestone: 8.4.1 Component: Compiler | Version: 7.8.2 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Type of failure: Compile-time | Unknown/Multiple performance bug | Test Case: Blocked By: | Blocking: Related Tickets: #910, #8224 | Differential Rev(s): Wiki Page: | -------------------------------------+------------------------------------- Comment (by duog): ticket:3553 discusses `sched_yield` and has a patch that tries futexes. Apparently `sched_yield` was inexplicably faster. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/9221#comment:86 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler