Jerry Cooperstein discusses recent advancements in Linux threading implementations in this technical article from the O'Reilly Linux DevCenter . . .

“Recent advances in Linux's threading implementation are expected to continue to ease migration from other Unix-like operating systems. These advancements have arrived with intense activity on two fronts. First, thread-handling improvements have greatly enhanced the kernel's scalability even to thousands of threads. Second, there are now two fresh, competing implementations of the POSIX pthreads standard (NGPT and NPTL) set to replace the aging LinuxThreads library.”

“In typical open source fashion, only time will tell exactly who wins out in which arena. However, both new library implementations should be API-compatible with the standard, so the choice will depend on performance and stability. The required changes will appear in the upcoming Linux 2.6 (or 3.0) kernel and can already be tested in late development versions . . .”

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