>From my understanding of the C-core and C++ wrapper for gRPC, it does not 
create threads; it borrows.  You must provide your own threads to handle 
streaming messages.  You can wait on multiple actions within a single 
thread.

On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 4:56:02 PM UTC-8, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Thanks for your reply.
>
> I am using c++.
>
> For my first question. Can you please explain a bit more? I tested with 
> two concurrent client requests. I saw two threads running in my service 
> routine. My server code does not spawn any thread. So I think gRPC spawns 
> the thread for me. That is why I want to understand the thread model. Is it 
> one thread per one client? or there is a thread pool for all clients?
>
> Thank you!
>
> Carl Mastrangelo於 2017年1月3日星期二 UTC-8下午4時35分42秒寫道:
>>
>> Each stream does not require a separate thread; gRPC multiplexes these 
>> onto your threads.  It is slightly different for each language, but in 
>> general threading isn't that much of a problem.
>>
>>
>> As for your second question, can you mention what language you are using? 
>>  That will affect the answer.
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 10:27:41 AM UTC-8, [email protected] 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am very interested in the gRPC bi-directional streaming feature. I 
>>> have a few questions on the server side. In the .proto file, I define a 
>>> simple streaming RPC and message below
>>>
>>> service MfMessaging {
>>>   rpc MfRpc (stream MfStream) returns (stream MfStream) {}
>>> }
>>> message MfStream {
>>>   bytes message=1;
>>> }
>>>
>>> My first question is: what is the thread model at server side? I mean 
>>> how gRPC handles if there are multiple concurrent requests from different 
>>> clients? Does gRPC spawn a thread for each client? If yes, is there any 
>>> limit or gRPC has a thread pool underneath?
>>>
>>> My second question is: In the service routine, I get a 
>>> ServerReaderWriter stream (e.g. ServerReaderWriter<MfStream, MfStream>* 
>>> stream). What is lifetime of this stream? Can I pass this stream to another 
>>> thread which writes response back later?
>>>
>>> Look forward to your reply. Thank you very much!
>>>
>>>

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