Re: Are LinuxThreads real kernel-level threads?

From: Kenny McCormack (gazelle_at_yin.interaccess.com)
Date: 01/04/04 

Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2004 18:18:05 GMT

In article <l4YJb.746199$Fm2.675587@attbi_s04>,
Rich H <mynewsmail@datasystemsintegration.com> wrote:
>I understand a call to pthread_create() is actually a clone() wrapper.
>According to man pages for clone (Linux 2.4.18) - a clone call creates a new
>process.
>
>So, my understanding of LinuxThreads is that there is no support for actual
>kernel-level or user-level threads,,,,,,right?

You are correct, as far as the first version of threads for Linux (which is
usually referred to as "LinuxThreads").

However, there is a new thing out now called NPTL (IIRC) that is a real
threads package (a la Solaris). I've never used it and know little about
it, but it is on my TODO list to take a look at it one of these days and
try recompiling my threaded app with it.

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