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From: Mark Mielke <mark@mark.mielke.cc>
To: dean gaudet <dean-list-linux-kernel@arctic.org>
Cc: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>, Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>,
	Peter Waechtler <pwaechtler@mac.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Native POSIX Thread Library 0.1
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:56:35 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020923185635.C26887@mark.mielke.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0209231433560.16864-100000@twinlark.arctic.org>; from dean-list-linux-kernel@arctic.org on Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 02:41:33PM -0700

On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 02:41:33PM -0700, dean gaudet wrote:
> so while this is I/O, it's certainly less efficient to have thousands of
> tasks blocked in read(2) versus having thousands of entries in <pick your
> favourite poll/select/etc. mechanism>.

In terms of kernel memory, perhaps. In terms of 'efficiency', I
wouldn't be so sure. Java uses a wack of user space storage to
represent threads regardless of whether they are green or native.  The
only difference is - is Java calling poll()/select()/ioctl()
routinely? Or are the tasks sitting in an efficient kernel task queue?

Which has a better chance of being more efficient, in terms of dispatching,
(especially considering that most of the time, most java threads are idle),
and which has a better chance of being more efficient in terms of the
overhead of querying whether a task is ready to run? I lean towards the OS
on both counts.

mark

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-09-23 22:53 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 124+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-09-22 18:55 [ANNOUNCE] Native POSIX Thread Library 0.1 Peter Waechtler
2002-09-22 21:32 ` Larry McVoy
2002-09-23 10:05   ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-23 11:55     ` Peter Waechtler
2002-09-23 19:14       ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-29 23:26         ` Buddy Lumpkin
2002-09-30 14:54           ` Corey Minyard
2002-09-23 15:30     ` Larry McVoy
2002-09-23 19:44       ` Olivier Galibert
2002-09-23 19:48       ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-23 20:32         ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-24  0:03           ` Andy Isaacson
2002-09-24  0:10             ` Jeff Garzik
2002-09-24  0:14               ` Andy Isaacson
2002-09-24  5:53             ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-24 20:34             ` David Schwartz
2002-09-24  7:12           ` Thunder from the hill
2002-09-24  7:30             ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-23 22:35         ` Mark Mielke
2002-09-23 19:59       ` Peter Waechtler
2002-09-23 20:36         ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-23 21:08           ` Peter Wächtler
2002-09-23 22:44             ` Mark Mielke
2002-09-23 23:01               ` Bill Huey
2002-09-23 23:11                 ` Mark Mielke
2002-09-24  0:21                   ` Bill Huey
2002-09-24  3:20                     ` Mark Mielke
2002-09-23 23:57           ` Andy Isaacson
2002-09-24  6:32             ` 1:1 threading vs. scheduler activations (was: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Native POSIX Thread Library 0.1) Ingo Molnar
2002-09-25  3:08               ` Bill Huey
2002-09-24 18:10             ` [ANNOUNCE] Native POSIX Thread Library 0.1 Christoph Hellwig
2002-09-23 21:32       ` Bill Huey
2002-09-23 21:41       ` dean gaudet
2002-09-23 22:10         ` Bill Huey
2002-09-23 22:56         ` Mark Mielke [this message]
2002-09-24 10:02       ` Nikita Danilov
2002-09-23 21:22     ` Bill Huey
2002-09-23 21:03 ` Bill Huey
2002-09-24 12:03   ` Michael Sinz
2002-09-24 13:40     ` Peter Svensson
2002-09-24 14:20       ` Michael Sinz
2002-09-24 14:50         ` Offtopic: (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Native POSIX Thread Library 0.1) Peter Svensson
2002-09-24 15:19           ` Mark Veltzer
2002-09-24 17:29             ` Rik van Riel
2002-09-25 18:57               ` Mark Mielke
2002-09-25 19:04                 ` Rik van Riel
2002-09-25 19:29                   ` Mark Veltzer
2002-09-25 19:23                     ` Rik van Riel
2002-09-24 16:31           ` Rik van Riel
2002-09-24 18:49             ` Michael Sinz
2002-09-24 19:12               ` PATCH: per user fair scheduler 2.4.19 (cleaned up, thanks hch) (was: Re: Offtopic: (was Re: [ANNOUNCE] Native POSIX Thread Library 0.1)) Rik van Riel
2002-09-24 20:19 ` [ANNOUNCE] Native POSIX Thread Library 0.1 David Schwartz
2002-09-24 21:10   ` Chris Friesen
2002-09-24 21:22     ` Rik van Riel
2002-09-24 21:35       ` Roberto Peon
2002-09-24 21:35       ` Chris Friesen
2002-09-25 19:02     ` David Schwartz
2002-09-24 23:16   ` Peter Waechtler
2002-09-24 23:23     ` Rik van Riel
2002-09-25 19:05     ` David Schwartz
     [not found] <987738530@toto.iv>
2002-09-24  2:48 ` Peter Chubb
2002-09-24  3:37   ` Mark Mielke
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-09-23 16:36 Matthias Urlichs
2002-09-20  7:46 Joerg Pommnitz
2002-09-20  0:41 Ulrich Drepper
2002-09-20  0:51 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-09-20  1:35   ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-09-20  1:42     ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-09-20  1:56 ` Larry McVoy
2002-09-20  2:01 ` Rik van Riel
2002-09-20  2:15   ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-09-20  2:40     ` Dave Hansen
2002-09-20  2:47     ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-09-20  2:17   ` Larry McVoy
2002-09-20  2:24     ` Rik van Riel
2002-09-20  2:32       ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-09-20  6:01       ` Linus Torvalds
2002-09-20  8:02         ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-20  2:23   ` Anton Blanchard
2002-09-20  9:53 ` Padraig Brady
2002-09-20 13:28   ` Robert Love
2002-09-20 16:01     ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-20  9:54 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-09-20 10:53   ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-20 19:04   ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-09-20 23:06     ` J.A. Magallon
2002-09-20 23:33       ` Ulrich Drepper
2002-09-20 23:42         ` J.A. Magallon
2002-09-20 10:20 ` Bill Huey
2002-09-20 10:47   ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-20 12:06     ` Bill Huey
2002-09-20 16:20       ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-20 21:50         ` Bill Huey
2002-09-20 22:30           ` dean gaudet
2002-09-20 23:11             ` Bill Huey
2002-09-21  3:38               ` dean gaudet
2002-09-21  4:01                 ` Bill Huey
2002-09-21  5:06                   ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-20 23:45           ` Bill Huey
2002-09-21  4:58             ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-22  2:51               ` Bill Huey
2002-09-21  4:48           ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-22  1:38             ` Bill Huey
2002-09-22 13:38           ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-22 18:41             ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-09-22 22:13               ` dean gaudet
2002-09-26 17:21                 ` Alan Cox
2002-09-23  0:11               ` Bill Huey
2002-09-24 16:07                 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-09-24 23:21                   ` Bill Huey
2002-09-25  3:06                     ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-09-23 21:12             ` Bill Huey
2002-09-20 10:35 ` Luca Barbieri
2002-09-20 11:19   ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-20 18:40     ` Roland McGrath
2002-09-20 21:21       ` Luca Barbieri
2002-09-20 12:37 ` jlnance
2002-09-20 16:42   ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-24  0:40     ` Rusty Russell
2002-09-24  5:47       ` Ingo Molnar
2002-09-24  6:15         ` Rusty Russell
2002-09-20 15:43 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-09-20 16:15   ` Jakub Jelinek
2002-09-20 17:16     ` Bill Davidsen

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