Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 30 Jun 2001 11:16:17 +0200 | From | Jan Hudec <> | Subject | Re: Alan Cox quote? (was: Re: accounting for threads) |
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Hello,
> I am happy that processes in Linux are so marvelous. Linux does not need > a decent POSIX threads implementation because the same functionality can > be achived with processes. Do what you like, you write the kernel code. > I could write my soft using fork special fetaures in Linux. > But I want it to be portable. If threads in linux are so bad, it is bad > luck for me. I will go slow. It its the only portable way todo afordable > shared memory threading without filling your program of shm-xxxx.
AFAIK, there is a POSIX thread library (libpthread) for Linux, that wraps clone calls in a way portable to other unices. It uses processes (with memory sharing) from kernel point of view, but should look like POSIX threads from application point of view.
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