1:1 threading.

[Max Khon]

hi, there!

On Thu, Mar 27, 2003 at 12:34:29AM -0800, Terry Lambert wrote:

> > > After reading your 1:1 threading code, I think you needn't
> > > hack current KSE code to build your own 1:1 threading code.
> > > Our code allow you to do this, actully, it's my earlier
> > > idea to let 1:1 be implemented in our M:N code base, but never
> > > had told this to julian or others.
> > 
> > It was actually done outside of KSE on purpose.  It keeps the API simpler
> > and cleaner.  It keeps the implementation cleaner.  It keeps it out of the
> > majority of the KSE code paths aside from thread_suspend and related
> > code.
> > 
> > I wanted something small and stable that built on top of KSE provided
> > primitives but did not actually use the KSE apis.  This makes it easier
> > for KSE to continue growing and changing while the 1:1 code remains
> > simple.  It also removes some of the cost associated with doing KSE.
> 
> This isn't really a legitimate argument.

Seconded. do you have numbers that clearly show that using Julian's approach
leads to serious performance penalty? Using KSE APIs is not that difficult
as far as I understand, so why we need to introduce more hacks?

/fjoe