Abstract


Pro


Keep All Threads Busy

  • If one Thread in a Process (进程) causes a Page Faults, the Kernel can easily check to see if the process has any other runnable threads, and if so, run one of them while waiting for the required page to be brought in from the disk
  • Or Kernel can get thread from other process

Cons


Resource Intense

Recycling threads

  • When a thread is destroyed, it is marked as not runnable, but its kernel data structures are not otherwise affected
  • When a new thread must be created, an old thread is reactivated, saving some overhead
  • Thread recycling is also possible for User Thread, but since the thread-management overhead is much smaller, there is less incentive to do this