Messages in this thread | | | From | "Christopher J. Shaulis" <> | Subject | Kernel threads useable by mortals? | Date | Sun, 14 Apr 1996 17:08:16 -0400 (EDT) |
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Hi! =)
I'm getting ready to start a couple projects which will depend upon Linux's kernel threads. There are just a couple questions I need answered before I start.
1) A while ago, Linus passed a code snippet around which showed how to start up a new thread in user space. Has anyone improved upon this? Or is it what everyone is using still?
2) I have heard that the new mmap based malloc in libc is thread safe and doesn't depend on usermode locks to be so. Is this true?
3) Are there any user-mode locking functions available? Preferably ones that are guaranteed atomic and FIFO?
Thanks, Christopher
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