Top Document: Comp.os.research: Frequently answered questions [1/3: l/m 13 Aug 1996] Previous Document: [2.2] Threads Next Document: [2.2.2] Characterising implementations of multithreading See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge From: Recurrent discussions Some of the features which distinguish different approaches to threading are listed below: - Number of *concurrent* flows of control: generally, threads may potentially make use of multiple processors in order to allow several to execute concurrently. That is, the model usually takes into consideration the possibility that there may be more than one flow of control active at any time. - Scheduling policy: a thread scheduler may be pre-emptive, in which case a thread is put to sleep either when it waits upon some resource or runs for the full duration of its time quantum, or non-pre-emptive, in which case individual threads continue to run until they relinquish the processor themselves (either through waiting on a resource or calling the analogue of a sleep() function). Systems which are non-pre-emptive and may only ever have a single active flow of control (regardless of the number of processors available) are referred to as coroutine systems. Coroutine programming requires quite a different approach from threads-based programming, as many of the synchronisation and resource-sharing problems which occur in threaded environments need never trouble the coroutines programmer. User Contributions: 1 UoowNen ⚠ Sep 24, 2021 @ 7:07 am buy zithromax online https://zithromaxazitromycin.com/ - buy zithromax online zithromax online https://zithromaxazitromycin.com/ - buy zithromax Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: Comp.os.research: Frequently answered questions [1/3: l/m 13 Aug 1996] Previous Document: [2.2] Threads Next Document: [2.2.2] Characterising implementations of multithreading Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: os-faq@cse.ucsc.edu
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