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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