Re: [perf-discuss] threads vs processes in filebench

2005-11-14 Thread Richard McDougall
Yes; a simple change the the workload definition will create threads vs processes. The clause: define process, instances=n { thread , instances=n { ... } } You can arrange the process/thread relationship anyway you like. In the simplest case to make some

[perf-discuss] threads vs processes in filebench

2005-11-14 Thread Timothy Butler
I've extended filebench to write through a device specific API, and so far my rudimentary support works ok. But I've found a platform specific difference that raises a usage question of threads versus processes. If USE_PROCESS_MODEL is defined, procflow_createproc() will fork/exec a process, other