Running 100,000 Parallel Threads

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Running 100,000 Parallel Threads

Posted by michael on Saturday September 21, 2002 @05:24PM from the when-one-isn't-enough dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This story explains how the latest Linux development kernel is now able to start and stop over 100,000 threads in parallel in only 2 seconds (about 14 minutes 58 seconds faster than with earlier Linux kernels)! Much of this impressive work is thanks to Ingo Molnar, author of the O(1) scheduler recently merged with the 2.5 Linux development kernel."

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100,000 Linux threads by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-21 17:31 · Score: 5, Funny

this image springs to mind
Win ME Kicks that sorry statistic!!!! by SlimFastForYou · 2002-09-21 17:32 · Score: 4, Funny

It takes two seconds to start 100,000 threads???? Piff! With my ME computer, It doesn't matter how many parallel threads I am running... I can stop them all instantly by simply attempting to use my computer :P.
1. Re:Win ME Kicks that sorry statistic!!!! by CoolVibe · 2002-09-21 18:12 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Pff... I can start a million threads on my FreeBSD box and stop them all in an instant...
  ...by hitting the reset button.
Re:I'm only a humble C programmer, but.... by SlimFastForYou · 2002-09-21 17:39 · Score: 5, Funny

Just wait until Spyware For Linux(TM) comes out... With Bonzai Buddy For Linux(TM), Real Center For Linux(TM), XMMS Agent(TM), Linux Messenger(TM), Linux Update(TM), and FindFast for OpenOffice.org(TM). Then you will know why 100,000 parallel threads in two seconds is a good thing :P.
Sounds cool, but all I could think of... by Geek+Tragedy · 2002-09-21 18:04 · Score: 5, Funny

"Hello, my name is Ingo Molnar. You killed -9 my process: prepare to die."

Sorry, had to :P
1. Re:Sounds cool, but all I could think of... by unsinged+int · 2002-09-21 18:46 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I think it's more commmonly this:
  
  "Hello, my name is Ingo Molnar. You kill -9 my parent process. Prepare to vi."
whoa! by RestiffBard · 2002-09-21 18:27 · Score: 4, Funny

I have no idea what the hell you're talking about but it certainly sounds impressive. :)

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Re:NOOO!!!!! by ez76 · 2002-09-21 18:50 · Score: 5, Funny

I am replying pre-emptively to dissuade the AC's who would otherwise reply to you and point out that your post should not have been modded funny because this innovation would not prevent fork() bombing because it involves spawning threads and not processes.

I am further replying pre-emptively to dissuade the AC's who would otherwise reply to me and point out my egregious abuse of run-on sentences.

I am further replying pre-emptively to dissuade the AC's who would otherwise reply to me and point out my egregious abuse of +1 bonus.

I am further replying pre-emptively to dissuade the AC's who would mod this post down as off-topic because they do not get the parallel allusion to fork-bombing.
big deal by leomekenkamp · 2002-09-21 19:53 · Score: 4, Funny

100.000 threads? What nonsense; everybody knows that no computer would ever use more than 640.

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Re:NOOO!!!!! by inio · 2002-09-21 20:24 · Score: 5, Funny

Dude, you seriously need to look into writing patents.