Subject: Re: pthreads in userland, signals, and itimer.
To: Jaromir Dolecek <dolecek@ics.muni.cz>
From: Dr. Lex Wennmacher <wennmach@geo.Uni-Koeln.DE>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/09/1999 14:29:45
On Nov 9,  1:21pm, Jaromir Dolecek wrote:
> Subject: Re: pthreads in userland, signals, and itimer.
> Michael Graff wrote:
> > For now, I'd like to get SIGTHREAD and the timers in the kernel.  I'd
> > like to address the addition of other timers/signals as a separate
> > issue.
>
> I think so, too.

IMHO, this is *not* The Right Thing to do.

If Michael commits his changes now, he will probably never be able to remove
the threading signals/timers without breaking something. Having thread
timers/signals in addition to a sharable pool of timers/signals (what I
suggested) is a waste.

Lex