Re: Newbie questions
- From: Paul Davis <pbd Op Net>
- To: Erik Mouw <J A K Mouw ITS TUDelft NL>
- Cc: Ed Winchester <edward e winchester lmco com>, gtk-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Newbie questions
- Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 16:20:28 -0400
>No, pthreads are not userspace threads in Linux. Linux doesn't use
>userspace threads because its context switches are fast enough to do it
>in kernel.
they don't use user-space context switching, its true.
however, they are managed by user-space code (hence the silent, hidden
"manager thread" started by pthreads.
in truth, the use of the clone(2) call makes linuxthreads a little bit
of a hybrid system. but they are closer to user-space threads IMHO.
--p
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