Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261255AbTINTJY (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:09:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261259AbTINTJY (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:09:24 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:48288 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261255AbTINTJX (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 15:09:23 -0400 Subject: Re: 1:1 M:N threading From: Alan Cox To: Breno Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <000b01c37af0$402349a0$f8e4a7c8@bsb.virtua.com.br> References: <000b01c37af0$402349a0$f8e4a7c8@bsb.virtua.com.br> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063566480.2131.16.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-6) Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:08:01 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 564 Lines: 14 On Sul, 2003-09-14 at 19:44, Breno wrote: > Hi. > > What kind of threading kernel 2.4 and 2.6 do ? 1:1 or M:N ? The kernel doesn't impose a specific model although its certainly strongly oriented to 1:1 threading models by simply making the kernel threading/locking so efficient the M:N stuff isnt worth the overhead - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/