Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:33:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Geoffrey C. Speicher" <geoff@speicher.org> To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> Cc: threads@freebsd.org Subject: Re: libkse -> libpthreads Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.10304212027510.60445-100000@speicher.org> In-Reply-To: <20030422020939.S29990-100000@haldjas.folklore.ee>
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Narvi wrote: > On Mon, 21 Apr 2003, Geoffrey C. Speicher wrote: > > > On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, Narvi wrote: > > > > > At least for the moment it is not clear that one of teh libraries is a > > > winner and will eliminate the other, so it would be evil to force people > > > > What's not clear about it? libkse is a superset of the functionality > > of libthr. Seems pretty straightforward to me that the long-term > > winner is libkse. > > > > This assumes that libkse M:N model will provide supperior performance and > scalability, and this is not clear. Or does merely the fact that itis M:N > somehow make it more winning contender? The whole idea behind implementing M:N is performance and scalability under heavy loads. True, whether or not it beats out anything else in the short term may be unclear. But the mere fact that it is M:N indicates to me that it is the target to shoot for. Geoff
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