On 9/4/05, Petter Shappen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As we all know the kernel maintain a data struct for the > process(PCB),and also for the thread.Because of the latter's smaller > than the former's,thread switching is faster than the process
not really. They just share some bits (like: address space, file table, signal handlers, etc), but aside from that - normal processes. > switching.And from the book,I read that threads shares some data What exactly is this book you're reading? > information of the process,so my question is that when the threads of > different processes have to switch,and the threads also use some data > of the processes,will the process switch before the threads?The speed > of these threads switching is slower than normal,is that true ? Why? > How can the thread's advantage over process reflect? It usually don't. Not noticably, in any case - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
