Re: Kernel threads useable by mortals?

Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Thu, 18 Apr 1996 09:32:16 +0100 (BST)

Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ]
Next message: Jon Mitchell: "load avg problems again"
Previous message: Ulrich Windl: "Re: Question about ll_rw_blk.c, add_request()"
In reply to: David Arnold: "Re: Kernel threads useable by mortals?"

> >> I guess your best bet would be pthreads, but I don't know
> >> anything about that, so I'll leave it for someone else to answer.
>
> Alan> The right answer is to make pthreads and/or lwp try to use
> Alan> clone.
>
> is this going to overlap with the work of the linux-smp project?

I dont think anyone is doing this work at the moment, and it is true for both
uni and multiprocessor systems to get things like async I/O working well

Next message: Jon Mitchell: "load avg problems again"
Previous message: Ulrich Windl: "Re: Question about ll_rw_blk.c, add_request()"
In reply to: David Arnold: "Re: Kernel threads useable by mortals?"