Each Dalvik thread is a kernel thread. The scheduling of these is fairly entirely up to the kernel, except for situations such as where a GC may need to pause threads.
On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 3:39 PM, longingtoadopt.com <[email protected]>wrote: > I need to test a program that says it will restrict the number of > processor cores being used. I was thinking of writing a program to > spawn 100 threads, each one performing some long, intensive > computation. Then from a console, I could see how many cores are being > used. If I write it in Java (Android), is there a guarantee that the > JVM/KVM will run the threads on different cores, and run them on all > the cores? (if the scheduler incorrectly used only one core when two > are allowed, then that will give me an incorrect result). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<android-developers%[email protected]> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- Dianne Hackborn Android framework engineer [email protected] Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
