Hi Daniel, On Tue, 24 May 2022, Daniel Stenberg wrote: > On Mon, 23 May 2022, Junio C Hamano wrote: > > > > It calls into cURL, which I suspect has a multi-threaded mode of > > > operation, > > > > https://curl.se/libcurl/c/threadsafe.html ;-) > > > > My understanding is that what we have is pretty much select() driven > > single-threaded multi-fd transfer. > > Confirmed. libcurl *can* use threads (if built that way), but the only use it > has for such subthreads is for resolving host names. libcurl, its API and its > callbacks etc always operate in the same single thread. Great, thanks for clarifying! Ciao, Dscho P.S.: I'm enjoying your book, Uncurled. It feels great to see validation in some experiences (I'm a youngster compared to you, maintaining Open Source software only since 2001 or so, but still), and to get a fresh and inspiring perspective on others.
