Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:22:20 +0000 (GMT) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.org> To: David Xu <davidxu@t2t2.com> Cc: David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: libpthread vs libthread, simply mysql benchmark (fwd) Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050221112151.30083D-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050221103026.30083A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, Robert Watson wrote: > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005, David Xu wrote: > > > There are lots of differences, I don't think they are the same thing. > > Although it was derived from libpthread, now it is a new library, I > > rewrote most part of code. > > I'm thinking he best place to import it is as a replacement for libthr, > since that's the closest architecturally (libthr was also 1:1, > synchronization based on umtx, etc). However, we should ping jeff and > mtm to make sure they don't object. > > Another reason not to drop it over libpthread is that it keeps > libpthread around for direct comparison (performance, etc), and also > means that the production thread library from 5.x is still in 6.x, so > gives a better path for testing and merging of fixes. BTW, have you had a chance to do gdb debugging support for this as yet? Robert N M Watson
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