Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2002 13:29:58 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.ORG, Igor Sysoev <is@rambler-co.ru> Subject: Re: Scheduler framework. Message-ID: <XFMail.20021009132958.jhb@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0210091001270.37238-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On 09-Oct-2002 Julian Elischer wrote: > > > On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Igor Sysoev wrote: > >> On Wed, 9 Oct 2002, Julian Elischer wrote: >> >> > If a thread mailbox IS provided: >> > the syscall is entered. >> > the thread blocks. A second thread is invoked and attached >> > to the KSE, which is disconnected from the original thread. >> >> Sorry, where did this second thread come from ? > > there is a thread_allocator that allocates threads on demand. > > Actually the process ahs a couple of spare threads "Up its sleave" > so it doesn't have to go to teh thread allocator every time.. Which kind of defeats the point of letting the slab allocator manage memory from a larger whole-view perspective. :-P -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> <>< http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?XFMail.20021009132958.jhb>