how are pthreads on linux seen by scheduler

Question

I\'ve a question regarding pthread implementation on Linux.

Suppose a process has 5 threads. Now how does the scheduler sees these threads (or doesnt see at all). e.

Answer 1

For modern Linux (NPTL pthread implementation), the scheduler schedules threads, a thread is considered a "Light-weight process". pthread_create is implemented in terms of the clone system call.