On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 11:08:51AM +0000, Jordan DeLong wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 09:55:03AM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> > * Jordan DeLong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010304 09:27] wrote:
> > > Hey; I've got a question about the pthread implementation on freebsd. I was
> > > looking it over and noticed that the pthread library is green; which is
> > > disadvantagous on SMP machines. I found a port of the linux pthreads, but it
> > > uses rfork() to create the new threads...
> > >
> > > Anyway; I was curious if a clone() call is in the works for freebsd 5.0? And
> > > if not, is there much interest in getting one at some point, or are there other
> > > factors that'd make implemention of one right now more difficult than it would
> > > seem?
> >
> > What's the difference between clone() and rfork()? Last I checked they
> > were pretty much the same.
>
> clone() wont count against the per uid process limit, right?
>
>
> or maybe it will......
>
actually I just realized it'd be incredibly stupid for clone not to
count against the per uid process limit
hehe.
anyway; I guess you're right; rfork() does the trick.
> >
> > --
> > -Alfred Perlstein - [[EMAIL PROTECTED]|[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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