Re: [Qemu-devel] How to understand the coroutine context?

[Juan Quintela]

Markus Armbruster <address@hidden> wrote:
> Juan Quintela <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Le Tan <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> Hi, I am diving into the source code of qemu. I see the word
>>> "coroutine" appears in so many places. I can't figure out what it
>>> means. So, please, can anyone help me, telling me the mechanism or
>>> semantic of "coroutine"? Thanks!
>>
>> google, 1st hit, wikipedia:
>>
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coroutine
>>
>> A bit short resume:
>>
>> Getting "user"-threads when you don't have threads.
>
> More like getting multiple flows of control even though you don't want
> threads.

If he don't understand coroutine, you think that flows of control has
any chance? O:-)

Later, Juan.