Re: [Boost-users] Threads Don't Take Turns Under Linux (Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon)

On Mon, Mar 17, 2008 at 09:42:46AM -0400, Hal Vaughan wrote:

Am I doing something wrong or is there a setting I need to change?

That's normal behavior; threads are scheduled by the OS. In your case, the thread fills the buffer faster then its timeslice expires, so you see buffer being filled/emptied in "batches". If you want them to be interleaved, lower the buffer size or try running on an SMP machine.