linux pthread_suspend

Question

Looks like linux doesnt implement pthread_suspend and continue, but I really need em.

I have tried cond_wait, but it is too slow. The work being threaded mostly execut

Answer 1

Why do you care which thread does the work? It sounds like you designed yourself into a corner and now you need a trick to get yourself out of it. If you let whatever thread happened to already be running do the work, you wouldn't need this trick, and you would need fewer context switches as well.