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Subject: Re: [boost] [Fibers] Performance
From: Oliver Kowalke (oliver.kowalke_at_[hidden])
Date: 2014-01-14 14:00:18


2014/1/14 Hartmut Kaiser <hartmut.kaiser_at_[hidden]>

> I'd be disappointed if the overheads imposed by Boost.Fiber are only 2-3
> times smaller than for kernel threads. I'd expect it to impose at least 10
> times, if not 15-20 times less overheads than kernel threads (at least
> that's the numbers we're seeing from HPX).
>

yes - I'm disappointed too. but, as I already explaned, I was focused on
boost.asio's async-result
and to provide a ways to synchronized coroutiens with an interface similar
to std::thread.

tuning seams to need more attention from my side - at first I've to
identify the bottlenecks.


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