Re: 2.2.5 optimizations for web benchmarks?

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 00:07:30 +0100 (BST)


> alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox) writes:
>
> > No. You switch less context in a threaded server
>
> So are you saying that a "thread" context switch is less painful than
> a "process"?

If you are sharing the virtual memory space it means you don't take a TLB flush

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