Glen Gibb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I need to periodically perform an action that is likely to take some 
> time. I'm concerned about the performance impact on NOX if my 
> application is off doing something for a while -- is it likely to block 
> all packet processing?

If you write your application in C++, then blocking using the NOX
cooperative threading API will not block packet processing.
Instead, the scheduler will switch to another cooperative thread.

If you're doing CPU-intensive work, though, that won't trigger
rescheduling.
-- 
Ben Pfaff
Nicira Networks, Inc.

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