Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:38:14 +1300 From: Mark Kirkwood <markir@paradise.net.nz> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>, Paul Allen <nospam@ugcs.caltech.edu>, Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org>, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: KSE, libpthread & libthr: almost newbie question Message-ID: <45459DD6.6070309@paradise.net.nz> In-Reply-To: <45458C7E.50104@elischer.org> References: <917908193.20061027102647@serebryakov.spb.ru> <20061027103924.F79313@fledge.watson.org> <45426071.7020403@elischer.org> <602423478.20061028001449@serebryakov.spb.ru> <4542896D.1050001@elischer.org> <20061027231642.GJ30707@riyal.ugcs.caltech.edu> <45429703.8070305@elischer.org> <20061028104741.Q69980@fledge.watson.org> <45442A35.2030803@elischer.org> <20061029090309.T27107@fledge.watson.org> <20061029182108.GA46604@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <45458C7E.50104@elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer wrote: > Greg Lewis wrote: > >> If you really want to know, just send the running process a SIGQUIT and >> it will dump the currently running threads to stdout. But yes, 1.4 >> and 1.5 >> both use "native" threads which correspond 1:1 with OS threads (plus >> there are threads the JVM creates itself, as you note). The JVM threads >> include garbage collection and AWT event handlers at least. >> > > I gather it doesn't use libpthread, but rather just the syscalls? > I stumbled on link below while doing a little searching on this topic: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/vm/thread-priorities.html Obviously Solaris and Java centric, but discussed the M:N to 1:1 change between 1.4.1 and 1.4.2 along with the Java threads <-> lightweight process representation. regards Mark
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