Can anyone coment on the below with authority? I'm learning a bit about threads and I'm curious what the answer is. Thanks, rus --- "Vladimir Butenko, Stalker Software, Inc." wrote: >>Stefan Seiz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snip] >>To have it kill unneeded threads? > > It will kill "excessive" threads. AFAIR, it will start to kill if the > unemployment level is more then 1/3: if a thread finishes a job and the number > of unemployed threads waiting for a job is more than 1/3 of the Max number of > threads(channels) allowed for that service, the thread is not placed into the > wating pool, but is killed instead. > >>Is this recommended? > > That depends on OS. Killing threads is a dark area in many thread > implementations. We know that it is safe on Windows, Solaris, and looks like > safe on MacOSX. On other platforms - use on your own risk. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
