Difference yield forever and sleeping forever

Dies ist eine mehrteilige Nachricht im MIME-Format. --------------EED68B2553799CA4C99E21F5 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------DB9B671FFF93F05183E7FA2A" --------------DB9B671FFF93F05183E7FA2A Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, if you look at the onstat -g ath output Threads: tid tcb rstcb prty status vp-class name 2 12bb6488 0 2 sleeping forever 3lio vp 0 3 12bb689c 0 2 sleeping forever 4pio vp 0 4 12bb6cd0 0 2 yield forever 5aio vp 0 5 12bb7104 0 2 yield forever 6msc vp 0 6 12bb7538 0 2 yield forever 7aio vp 1 you see in the status-field "sleeping forever" and "yield forever". Can anyone explain me the difference between these status entries? The meaning of "sleeping forever" is clear, but does it mean if a thread "yields forever"? Thanks in advance --------------DB9B671FFF93F05183E7FA2A Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> Hi, <p>if you look at the onstat -g ath output <p><font face="Courier New,Courier">Threads:</font> <br><font face="Courier New,Courier">&nbsp;tid&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; tcb&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; rstcb&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; prty status&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vp-class&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; name</font> <br><font face="Courier New,Courier">&nbsp;2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12bb6488 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sleeping forever&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 3lio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vp 0</font> <br><font face="Courier New,Courier">&nbsp;3&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12bb689c 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; sleeping forever&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 4pio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vp 0</font> <br><font face="Courier New,Courier">&nbsp;4&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12bb6cd0 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; yield forever&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 5aio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vp 0</font> <br><font face="Courier New,Courier">&nbsp;5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12bb7104 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; yield forever&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 6msc&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vp 0</font> <br><font face="Courier New,Courier">&nbsp;6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 12bb7538 0&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; yield forever&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 7aio&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; vp 1</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font> <p><font face="Times New Roman,Times">you see&nbsp; in the status-field "sleeping forever" and "yield forever". Can anyone explain me the difference between these status entries? The meaning of "sleeping forever" is clear, but does it mean if a thread "yields forever"?</font><font face="Courier New,Courier"></font> <p><font face="Courier New,Courier">Thanks in advance</font></html> --------------DB9B671FFF93F05183E7FA2A-- --------------EED68B2553799CA4C99E21F5 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="christianw.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Visitenkarte f'r Christian Winterhager Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="christianw.vcf" begin:vcard n:Winterhager;Christian tel;cell:0171/5804126 tel;work:02223/905970 x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;;K'nigswintererstr. 303b;K'nigswinter;NW;53639; version:2.1 email;internet:christianw@tronet.de title:Diplom-Mathematiker fn:Christian Winterhager end:vcard --------------EED68B2553799CA4C99E21F5--

Christian Winterhager wrote: > First please do not post HTML or MIME to this list it is a pure text list by common agreement so that noone needs any particular hardware or software to post or lurk. > > Hi, > > if you look at the onstat -g ath output > > Threads: > tid tcb rstcb prty status vp-class name > > 2 12bb6488 0 2 sleeping forever 3lio vp > 0 > 3 12bb689c 0 2 sleeping forever 4pio vp > 0 > Got nothing to do, think I'll nap until there's something to do. > 4 12bb6cd0 0 2 yield forever 5aio vp > 0 > Got work to do but I have to wait for that other jimoke to catch up to me, think I'll nap and let someone else get some work done while I wait. > 5 12bb7104 0 2 yield forever 6msc vp > 0 > 6 12bb7538 0 2 yield forever 7aio vp > 1 > > you see in the status-field "sleeping forever" and "yield forever". Can > anyone explain me the difference between these status entries? The > meaning of "sleeping forever" is clear, but does it mean if a thread > "yields forever"? Art S. Kagel