Subject: Re: proposal for Linux exit_group emulation
To: None <tech-kern@netbsd.org>
From: Christos Zoulas <christos@astron.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/03/2005 18:11:59
In article <439174F9.3010403@netbsd.org>,
Frank van der Linden <fvdl@netbsd.org> wrote:
>Chuck Silvers wrote:
>
>>is this really better than using one process with multiple LWPs?
>>what problems would be caused by switching to that model?
>>
>>
>Having to to implement some sort of an lwp_kill for example.. Linux has
>the functionality, we do not. Although we probably should have it, for
>PTHREAD_CONCURRENCY > 1 signal issues.
Yes, I am working on PTHREAD_CONCURRENCY > 1 fixes, and I have implemented
_lwp_kill(). I am running into other problems though.
christos