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Date:      Fri, 23 May 2003 11:15:44 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
Cc:        Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
Subject:   Re: libkse and SMP (was Re: USB bulk read & pthreads)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0305231113460.92012-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
In-Reply-To: <3ECE3FBE.7EBE5ED5@mindspring.com>

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On Fri, 23 May 2003, Terry Lambert wrote:

> Daniel Eischen wrote:
> 
> This is handy to know; so basically, my expectation from
> reading the code around PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM was correct:
> a single CPU system with PTHREAD_SCOPE_PROCESS (the default)
> can still get itself blocked in the kernel by a single
> blocking call (as in the USB bulk read device issue).


No you are completely wrong..

Each PTHREAD_SCOPE_PROCESS gets its OWN KSE to run on.
that thread may block but other threads may run unimpeded.




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