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From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org>
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Subject: Re: pthread_create() blocks if maxthreads reached?
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On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 06:36:52PM +0300, Mike Makonnen wrote:
> > > Successfully? 
> > > that's interesting.. libthr should theoretically b elimited to about
> > > 8000 threads.. (on x86).
> > 
> > If I link with -lthr, I get:
> > 
> > Max threads reached at: 109
> > 
> 
> There was an artificial limit, which I just bumped up to the max allowable
> limit a few minutes ago.

Yes, now if I link my test program with -lthr, I get:

Max threads reached at: 8173

pthread_create() does not block for libthr, while it
does for libpthread.  libthr seems better behaved in this respect.

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Craig Rodrigues        
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rodrigc@crodrigues.org