From: Tom Moran <tmoran@bix.com>
Subject: Re: Tasking Techniques - Opinions?
Date: 1997/06/03
Date: 1997-06-03T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3394EC73.3011@bix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5n2hjr$ohm$1@news.pacifier.com
> A third
> module contains a "send task" that is in a short loop that
> removes entries from the send queue, transmits the data out the
> socket and then returns the packet buffer to the free pool.
What does this task do if there's nothing to send? Does it sit and eat
CPU or is there some way it can go to sleep and be awakened when there's
work to do, or is it always busy and my question is irrelevant?
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-06-04 0:00 Tasking Techniques - Opinions? Steve Doiel
1997-06-03 0:00 ` Tom Moran [this message]
1997-06-07 0:00 ` Steve Doiel
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-04 0:00 ` bsanden
1997-06-04 0:00 ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-06 0:00 ` Samuel A. Mize
1997-06-07 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1997-06-10 0:00 ` Jon S Anthony
1997-06-05 0:00 ` Robert A Duff
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