Return-Path: william@bourbon.usc.edu Delivery-Date: Fri Oct 31 07:32:32 2008 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.3 (2007-08-08) on merlot.usc.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.4 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.2.3 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (bourbon.usc.edu [128.125.9.75]) by merlot.usc.edu (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9VEWWMp017485 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:32:32 -0700 Received: from bourbon.usc.edu (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by bourbon.usc.edu (8.14.2/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m9VEiNGB027452 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:44:23 -0700 Message-Id: <200810311444.m9VEiNGB027452@bourbon.usc.edu> To: cs551@merlot.usc.edu Subject: Re: CS551 Final1 Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 07:44:23 -0700 From: Bill Cheng Someone wrote: > What is the high percentage numbers for which it will be > considered a busy wait? 1%. Why not just fix the bug? I've described a very simple way to fix it. -- Bill Cheng // bill.cheng@usc.edu