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Re: threads and target-function-calls


On Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 05:00:25PM -0800, Michael Snyder wrote:
> Hey folks, 
> 
> Did you know that (at least on x86 linux), if you have a multi-thread
> program and you execute a target function call, all the threads get to
> run?  Doesn't that seem like a bad thing?  Wouldn't we really rather
> only run the thread that is executing the target function call?

Eeeeek!  I think I agree with you here; that's the logical behavior. 
It never occured to me to try.

-- 
Daniel Jacobowitz
MontaVista Software                         Debian GNU/Linux Developer


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