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Subject: Re: pthread_{mutex,cond} & fifo/starvation/scheduling policy
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Bernard van Gastel <bvgastel@bitpowder.com> writes:
> What is the scheduling policy of the different thread libraries?

Threads are scheduled by the kernel, not by the library.  Look at
sys/kern/sched_umtx.c and sys/kern/sched_{4bsd,ule}.c.

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