Date: Sun, 28 Nov 1999 10:26:12 -0800 From: Arun Sharma <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org> To: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Threads Message-ID: <19991128102612.A8570@sharmas.dhs.org> In-Reply-To: <199911281641.IAA44909@apollo.backplane.com>; from Matthew Dillon on Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 08:41:57AM -0800 References: <Pine.SUN.3.91.991124134533.26314A-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> <199911241905.LAA20045@apollo.backplane.com> <14396.15070.190669.25400@avalon.east> <199911241941.LAA20231@apollo.backplane.com> <19991124212521.W301@sturm.canonware.com> <199911280338.TAA40637@apollo.backplane.com> <19991127205752.A7145@sharmas.dhs.org> <199911281641.IAA44909@apollo.backplane.com>
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On Sun, Nov 28, 1999 at 08:41:57AM -0800, Matthew Dillon wrote: > I think we are already operating under the assumption that the current > scheduler must be rewritten, or at least significantly modified. Amoung > other things we have to get rid of all the extra junk that is in assembler > that could easily be C (I seem to recall someone actually working towards > that goal, was any of that ever committed? It seemed pretty good). Yes, that was commited. But I think it can be better. Right now, the code goes from C -> asm (context switch out) -> C (pick a new process) -> asm (switch in) -> C I think it should be lock C (pick a new process p) asm (switch from curproc to p) unlock -Arun To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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