Python threading, and processes

[Yves Glodt]

Robin Haswell wrote:
> Hey there
> 
> I'm doing some threading in python with Python 2.3 and 2.4 on Ubuntu and
> Debian machines, and I've noticed that if I open a lot of threads (say,
> 50), I get lots of python processes with individual PIDs, which consume a
> disproportionate amount of CPU. Does this mean that Python is using the
> dummy_thread module by accident? And is there a realistic limitation to
> the number of threads I can do?

Though I can not answer your question, I have however a similar 
situation here, on debian sarge.

I have a simple daemon that runs one thread, and I noticed that on our 
sarges with kernel 2.4 my daemon creates 4 processes, on the ones with 
kernel 2.6, only one process.

btw, I use the thread module.

best regards,
Yves

> Cheers
> 
> -Rob