Patches item #1396919, was opened at 2006-01-04 16:53 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1396919&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Build Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Valts (valdiic) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: FreeBSD is system scope threads capable Initial Comment: I was a little bit disapointed when I mentioned that Python 2.4 uses libpthread library on FreeBSD 5 but avoids using system scope threads. I tried digging google to clarify why it is so and found out that it was because one of threading regression tests (test_threaded_import) failed on FreeBSD 5 (https:// sourceforge.net/tracker/? func=detail&atid=305470&aid=902444&group_id=5470). I compiled Python on my FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE-p8 and ran all the regression tests (I executed regrtest.py) and saw no errors at all. I tried test_threaded_import and the test was successful. I don't see any reason why to avoid using system scope threads specially on FreeBSD. I know that using userland scope threads is quite faster because there is no need for kernel activities in context switching. But as far as I know most of servers (where speed is important) are SMP boxes. Userland scope threads don't use capabilities of multiple CPU's, so it should be reasonable to use system scope threads. To make it even better it could be good idea to make use of configuration parameter which determines which kind of threads has to be used. Since I'm not autoconf guru I made a patch which just removes checking against FreeBSD in thread_pthread.h Regards, Valts. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=305470&aid=1396919&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Patches mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/patches
