docs: Issue write-ups for multi-victim steal chain and wakeFirstIdle ABA bias#121
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Two open design problems in the work-stealing algorithm need detailed analysis: (1) no burst-handling data at 8+ carriers with load imbalance, and (2)
wakeFirstIdlelowest-ID bias creating an ABA pattern where one carrier absorbs all steal work.Issue 1: Sequential chain for multi-victim steal (
docs/issues/multi-victim-sequential-chain.md)nmspinningapproach: cap searchers atGOMAXPROCS/2, randomized victim start, steal-half semantics — all without per-P utilization measurementclusterSize / 2, rotating start index, adaptive cap based on idle countIssue 2:
wakeFirstIdlelowest-ID bias and ABA (docs/issues/wakefirstidle-lowest-id-bias-aba.md)Long.numberOfTrailingZeros(word)always selects lowest-ID idle carrier → carrier 0 is perpetually hot-pathed while others stay coldThese are issue drafts committed as docs — sandbox lacked permissions to create GitHub issues directly.