Re: kernel thread support - LWP's

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 18 Jul 1999 19:27:20 +0100 (BST)


> 2 context switches != 0 context switches :-(( When you want to create
> 10000 inactive threads performace loss will be significant :-/

10,000 inactive threads is 10,000 8K stacks, ie 10,000 two page memory allocs
a whole pile of other stuff too. I dont think it'll be that significant. I'd
like to see the 10,000 thread application and the stats first.

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