Re: [boost] [stratified] library for micro-/userland-threads

Subject: Re: [boost] [stratified] library for micro-/userland-threads
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-07-02 08:02:01

> Then the docs are misleading, and see below.

I'll check the docu for this issue

> I understand that user level threads are orthogonal to os level threads. 
> However, i doubt the usefulness of the library if it is only usable from 
> a single thread. Multicore systems aren't going away, and from my 
> experience, the true power of user land threads is unleashed when indeed 
> doing work stealing over multiple OS level threads, as you already 
> mentioned.

migrating work/task between threads will not always result in a preformance benefit (CPUs access data from the same cache).

regards,
Oliver