Re: pThreads & pTrace (WAS: Re: [Maxlinux-devel] Gestation archives are complete (finally))

[Kelledin <kel...@sk...>]

On Thursday 20 March 2003 04:54 pm, Michael Lauzon wrote:
> You were talking about using pThreads -- if I remember
> correctly in our Linux distro -- I wonder if this is still the
> case.  Also, I noticed that Slackware is using the 2.4.20
> kernel pacthed with pTrace...I am also wondering if pTrace &
> pThreads are related.  Also, have you found a person who can
> program our installation interface yet?

I was considering IBM's NextGen POSIX Threads (NGPT) a while=20
back.  Supposed to be fully POSIX-compliant and more scalable=20
than the default LinuxThreads.  Come kernel 2.6, though, that's=20
liable to be superseded and outclassed by New POSIX Threading=20
Library (NPTL).  So I think we'll stick with the default=20
LinuxThreads until the threading scene settles down...

The ptrace patch is a recent patch for a kernel security vuln=20
discovered a few days ago; AFAIK it's a debugger-oriented=20
mechanism that has nothing to do with extra threading=20
functionality.  It's due to go into Gestation as soon as I get a=20
chance, because it _is_ a security vuln, after all. ;)

As for the installation interface coder...no luck yet. :(  Still=20
scoping around a bit.  If my current plans gel properly, I'll=20
have a lot more time on my hands, so I might just take up that=20
task myself.

--=20
Kelledin
"If a server crashes in a server farm and no one pings it, does=20
it still cost four figures to fix?"