>No, pthreads are not userspace threads in Linux. Linux doesn't use
>userspace threads because its context switches are fast enough to do it
>in kernel.
they don't use user-space context switching, its true.
however, they are managed by user-space code (hence the silent, hidden
"manager thread" started by pthreads.
in truth, the use of the clone(2) call makes linuxthreads a little bit
of a hybrid system. but they are closer to user-space threads IMHO.
--p
_______________________________________________
gtk-list mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
