© Thomas Kunz 2000
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Advantages and Inconveniences of
KLT
äAdvantages
äthe kernel can simultaneously schedule many
threads of the same process on many processors
äblocking is done on a thread level
äkernel routines can be multithreaded
äInconveniences
äthread switching within the same process involves
the kernel.
We have 2 mode switches per thread switch
äthis
results in a significant slow down