Take FPU state: memory copies and RAID xor functions use MMX/SSE and
require that the full task state be saved and restored.
Sure, that much is obvious. I was hoping to see what FPU state
juggling actually requires. I'm operating under the assumption that
it won't be *terrible*.
Task priority is another. POSIX AIO lets you specify request
priority, and
it really is needed for realtime workloads where things like keepalive
must be processed at a higher priority.
Yeah. A first-pass approximation might be to have threads with asys
system calls grouped by priority. Leaving all that priority handling
to the *task* scheduler, instead of the dirt-stupid fibril
"scheduler", would be great. If we can get away with it. I don't
have a good feeling for what portion of the world actually cares
about this, or to what degree.
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