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From: bsy+@cs.cmu.edu (Bennet Yee)
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Subject: Re: cthread_exit
Summary: cthread vs threads
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Date: 17 Aug 90 13:53:08 GMT
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The distinction is between the kernel's idea of threads and cthreads' idea
of threads.  When you do a cthread_exit, cthreads do not actually terminate
the thread; rather the cthreads package keeps the thread around (idle) for
the next time you do a cthread_fork.

-bsy


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