Re: scheduler times/upcalls

Ulrich Drepper (drepper@cygnus.com)
30 Sep 1998 03:20:57 -0700


lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy) writes:

> Anyway, yes, I'm interested. I think most people don't know what upcalls
> are so maybe you could start with a description?

Me too (I'm probably the one person responded to him).

Just a short note to raise interest. Scheduler activations should be
used in the next generation thread library. They will make it
possible to have the benefits of kernel- and user-level thread
packages combined. I.e., those how complain about the disadvantages
of kernel threads in LinuxThreads should listen carefully.

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