From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 20 13:27:48 1995 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) id NAA09627 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 13:27:48 -0800 Received: from werple.net.au (0@werple.mira.net.au [203.9.190.18]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.6.12/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA09618 for ; Mon, 20 Nov 1995 13:27:41 -0800 Received: from cimaxp1.UUCP (Ucimlogi@localhost) by werple.net.au (8.7/8.7.1) with UUCP id IAA16454 for hackers@FreeBSD.org; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 08:02:11 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199511202102.IAA16454@werple.net.au> X-Authentication-Warning: werple.net.au: Ucimlogi set sender to cimaxp1!jb using -f Received: by cimaxp1.cimlogic.com.au; (5.65/1.1.8.2/10Sep95-0953AM) id AA11859; Tue, 21 Nov 1995 08:06:06 +1100 From: John Birrell Subject: Re: int type in jmpbuf To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 08:06:06 +1100 (EST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org, jb@cimlogic.com.au In-Reply-To: <199511202020.NAA01872@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Nov 20, 95 01:20:45 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > You are assuming that a signal is an event in using it for your scheduler > and are in fact screwing up as a result. The occurrence of a signal condition gives us an _opportunity_ to check if there is another thread that should run instead of the running thread. Async I/O gives us the same opportunity. I don't think we are "screwing up as a result". > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. > -- John Birrell CIMlogic Pty Ltd jb@cimlogic.com.au 119 Cecil Street Ph +61 3 9690 9600 South Melbourne Vic 3205 Fax +61 3 9690 6650 Australia Mob +61 18 353 137