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

[Markus Armbruster]

Juan Quintela <address@hidden> writes:

> 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:-)

Point taken & LOL