Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 19 Jun 1998 14:54:58 -0700 (PDT) | From | Alex Belits <> | Subject | Re: Thread implementations... |
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On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Richard Gooch wrote:
> > > On the other hand you could say that the UNIX semantics are fine and > > > are quite scalable, provided you use them sensibly. Some of these > > > "problems" are due to applications not being properly thought out in > > > the first place. > > > > #ifdef SARCASM > > > > "Thundering Herd Problem II", with all original cast... ;-) This time it's > > not accept(), but poll(), and the whole thing is multithreaded... > > > > #endif > > Maybe it's because it's late, but I'm missing what you're getting at > here...
Maybe I had to explain it better, I refer to the "thundering herd problem" (mass-wakeup of processes, waiting on something) that was discusseded in freebsd-hackers ML about a year ago. Discussion was along the same lines, just processes were mentioned instead of threads.
-- Alex
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