> actually the opposite is true, on a 2.2 GHz P4:
>
> $ ./lat_sig catch
> Signal handler overhead: 3.091 microseconds
>
> $ ./lat_ctx -s 0 2
> 2 0.90
>
> ie. *process to process* context switches are 3.4 times faster than signal
> delivery. Ie. we can switch to a helper thread and back, and still be
> faster than a *single* signal.
Thats interesting indeed. I'd not tried it with the O(1) scheduler.
> signals are in essence 'lightweight' threads created and destroyed for the
> purpose of a single asynchronous event, it's IMO a very inefficient and
> baroque concept for almost anything (but debugging and a number of very
> special uses). I'd guess that with a sane threading library a helper
> thread is faster for almost everything.
Which would argue UML ought to have a positively microkernel view of
syscalls - sending a message ?
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