Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 19:03:56 -0800 From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com> To: Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com> Cc: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>, Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>, Dan Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>, bde@FreeBSD.ORG, peter@FreeBSD.ORG, arch@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getsetcontext system call Message-ID: <3C609D1C.B0AD70F2@mindspring.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10202051728380.28698-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com>
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Daniel Eischen wrote: > > > > I thought we were trying to avoid having to make any system calls on > > > > a userland thread context switch. > > > > > > In the threads library, we'll use our own library routines to > > > do this (hopefully) without having to make a system call. > > > > Or maybe use kernel entries that are already hapenning anyway..... > > Huh? "Batch async call gates". In other words, if you are calling anyway, push more than one call across the user/kernel boundary at a time. The answer to his suggestion is "it won't work, because that's not how system calls work today". -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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