Ni@m wrote:
> So I can say that in linux 'thread' == 'process'?
>
No. It's more like, in linux threads are visible to the kernel (unlike
in N:1 thread models, linux is 1:1). Threads are the basic unit of
scheduling.
A process can have >1 threads.
> Is kernel routine 'kthread' creating a process?
> I'm just thinking on this subject: if to create 'real threads' - will
> it increase performance? Should I ever think in this way?
> When I say 'real thread' - I mean the thread that doen't switch
> context when it's starting to run.
>
What do you mean by context?
Each thread has it's own stack, registers, etc. which form it's context.
A process has more info like file descriptors, IPC resources, virtual
memory info. Between scheduling threads of the same process these stay same.
-jb
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