[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I have a query about scheduling in multi core systems. The user level
>> threads are mapped to LWP in Solaris and those LWPs are scheduled by the
>> OS.
>>
>> Is there any flexibility for the user to write some module and plug into
>> the kernel so that he can schedule all the LWPs (to which his threads
>> are attached) as per his requirement?
>>
>>
>>
>> The requirement we have is to improve the performance of our multi
>> threaded software by making/forcing the threads run across multiple
>> cores.
>>
>
>
> You can write your own scheduling class but the first question I have is:
> why does the user expect it to perform better than the standard scheduling
> classes? (Currently all the user can do is pick a different standard
> scheduling class or bind threads to specific CPUs (i.e., processor thread
> of execution)
>
Also, why do you think the threads are not already running across
multiple cores?
max
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