From: Francis Cianfrocca <garbagecat10@...>
Date: 2006-08-15T02:58:55+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: How do you use flock and clean up lock files?

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Depends on the Unix. Solaris threads (not LWPs) are light as a feather.
Linux 2.6 threads are almost as heavy as processes. Linux 2.4 threads are
almost unusable.

On 8/14/06, gwtmp01@mac.com <gwtmp01@mac.com> wrote:
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> On Aug 14, 2006, at 12:45 PM, Francis Cianfrocca wrote:
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> > Hmm, you were responding to me so I thought I should clarify. One of
> > the questions upthread was about Windows, not Plan 9. On Unix just use
> > flock for process sync. On Windows there is a useable cross-process
> > mutex.
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> I guess it wasn't clear to me that you were responding to
> the situation with respect to windows.  It seemed like a more general
> comment.
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> Lots of people seem to think Unix threads are heavyweight also.
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> Gary Wright
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