Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1998 19:52:46 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> Cc: "current@FreeBSD.ORG" <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Linux Threads patches available Message-ID: <199812180052.TAA00340@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <36799B88.2781E494@whistle.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812162226190.19075-100000@janus.syracuse.net> <36799B88.2781E494@whistle.com>
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<<On Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:02:16 -0800, Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com> said: > The sructure is 328 (?) bytes long, but it already exists. > The fields are simply being shifted from one place to another. > The biggest thing is the (struct sigacts) > which moves from the u area to kvm. Since the U area is fixed in size > (always has a page available) > We do lose some KVM. More importantly, you lose the ability to page the suckers out. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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