Re: Threads

[Michael Day <mikeday@corplink.com.au>]

> I do not know a lot about it, but I suspect that there really isnt that
> much to gain - if the system is not loaded, processes will keep getting
> the same CPU - if the system is loaded, keeping a process on a single CPU
> may hurt a lot more then it benefits.

Yes I think you are probably right, I am just wary of schedulers after
seeing a graph once showing how often NT processes switched cpu, for
little or no reason it seemed. What about the alternative pthreads
scheduling policies - real time, round robin etc - do they have anything
interesting or useful to offer, or are they only really targeted for
specialised applications?

Michael