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SubjectRe: User vs. Kernel (was: To be smug, or not to be smug, that is , the question)


On Sat, 23 Jan 1999, Albert D. Cahalan wrote:

> This limits concurrency. Within the kernel, IO events need not be
> serialized. User-space can only get this ability with threads.
> Threads are quite a bit of overhead for such a simple need, plus
> the use of threads tends to promote bugs.
>
> Good solutions cover more than just IO.

So, Albert, when will we see your code? Or at least a description of *how*
you are going to do that.


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