Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 23 Jan 1999 09:04:38 -0500 (EST) | From | Alexander Viro <> | Subject | Re: User vs. Kernel (was: To be smug, or not to be smug, that is , the question) |
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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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