On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 03:19:47PM +0000, E.B. Dreger wrote:
> > The threads scheduler is in user space. It converts a
> > blobking call into a non-blocking call plus a context
> > switch. THus blocking _IS_ a problem.
>
> Bad wording on my part again; perhaps "a problem that I [think
> that] I have handled" is better. I'm use nb calls if possible;
> else I have a long-running worker thread.
I hope you understand that when the worker thread blocks,
it's the process that blocks, and none of the other threads
can run until the end of the syscall.
> After my recent question regarding AIO, it looks like it's time
> to bite the bullet and use that as well.
G'luck,
Peter
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